{"id":4361,"date":"2022-04-01T10:18:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T15:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bifstl.org\/?p=4361"},"modified":"2022-04-01T10:21:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T15:21:00","slug":"morethanmybraininjury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bifstl.org\/morethanmybraininjury\/","title":{"rendered":"#MoreThanMyBrainInjury"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Brain Injury Awareness Month<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4362\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4362\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bifstl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Work-From-Home-grid-image-morethanmybraininjury.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4362\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bifstl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Work-From-Home-grid-image-morethanmybraininjury-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"4 panel grid collage of people working from home with text: #morethanmybraininjury @bifstl\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bifstl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Work-From-Home-grid-image-morethanmybraininjury-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bifstl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Work-From-Home-grid-image-morethanmybraininjury-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bifstl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Work-From-Home-grid-image-morethanmybraininjury-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bifstl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Work-From-Home-grid-image-morethanmybraininjury.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">#MoreThanMyBrainInjury<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>March was all about Brain Injury, and more importantly, how we are more than just our brain injury. Using person-first language is a key approach at BIFSTL and how we treat our clients. \u201cPeople First Language\u201d (PFL) puts the person before the disability, and describes what a person has, not who a person is. PFL uses phrases such as \u201cperson with a brain injury,\u201d \u201cindividuals with disabilities,\u201d and \u201cchildren with disabilities,\u201d as opposed to phrases that identify people based solely on their disability, such as \u201cthe disabled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bifstl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/word-cloud-on-green-background-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bifstl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/word-cloud-on-green-background-3-300x300.png\" alt=\"word cloud on green background, highlighting words empowered, helpful, father, determined, independent, thankful, and hopeful\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bifstl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/word-cloud-on-green-background-3-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bifstl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/word-cloud-on-green-background-3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bifstl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/word-cloud-on-green-background-3.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t just hear it from me, hear from a few of our clients on how we provided them support through the vocational rehabilitation process:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cBIFSTL has helped me with everything; anything at home, safety related, and budgeting. It made me realize strategies that can help me achieve my goals. Now, I am an independent young man.\u201d -K.N.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cShe (Sarah Davis) assisted me by explaining to me how my brain had to learn new paths to use the information I possessed, so I could make good assessments\u2026 I really appreciate her help.\u201d -M.V.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThis service was so much more than helping me successfully get back to work\u2026 Sarah mentally supported and guided me through work, personal life, and handling changes.\u201d -J.O.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSarah went above and beyond from the first day I met with her. She truly helped when I had no idea how I could attain my goals post stroke.\u201d -R.E.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBIFSTL provided quality supports\u2026 through conversations with the client and\/or employer, planning, maintaining contact with vocational rehabilitation counselor and ensuring the client was back to work.\u201d \u2013L.R.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These our just a few ways that our work has empowered our clients. Our clients have described themselves as determined, independent, helpful, thankful, a father, an AV technician, hopeful and intelligent, and above all, they are More than their Brain Injuries!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brain Injury Awareness Month March was all about Brain Injury, and more importantly, how we are more than just our brain injury. 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