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Heidi Lerner // April 17, 2008 at 5:59 pm |
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The Silent Epidemic
Brain Injury Survivor and Activist Encourages Understanding in New Poetic Memoir
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Though traumatic brain injuries cripple and alter the lives of over a million people in the United States each year, discussion about such occurrences and their staying power are often muffled under a lack of understanding. In her new memoir, Gray Matters: Brain Injury: The Inside Perspective, Heidi Lerner recounts her struggle with an injury that has led her to many personal and professional life changes in the hopes that an understanding can be gained by others who have avoided such misfortune.
As a survivor of a brain injury who has undergone extensive recovery, as well as professional training in the field, Lerner has undoubtedly become an authority on the subject. Her intimate knowledge and keen sense of humor help survivors cope and better understand the injuries from which they suffer. “Gray Matters gives a personal sense of what it is like to walk in the shoes of a brain injury survivor,” she says, “thus enabling others to better understand survivors.”
Throughout the course of the book, she confesses personal details of loss and challenge that will certainly move readers of all mental calibers. Each chapter details various subjects including: recovery from injuries sustained, the brain injury symptoms of which “outsiders” might be unaware, physical and academic rehabilitation, the functional anatomy of the brain, recreational therapy in being out on the water and brain injury support groups.
“These days, brain injuries occur around the world in quite a variety of circumstances: sporting events, motor vehicle accidents or even terrorist attacks,” Lerner states. “But the average person still can’t identify another person living with the complications of a brain injury, and this lack of knowledge makes the life of a survivor quite problematic.”
Laden with wit and compassion, Gray Matters offers a genuine and introspective view of what it means to suffer a near-fatal blow to the head and live with its complications thereafter.
In 1989, Lerner survived a massive automobile accident and sustained a severe brain trauma as a consequence. Though struggling with cognitive, psychological and neurological difficulties, she later earned her master’s degree in special education, with a primary focus on therapy for brain injury survivors. Lerner currently facilitates a brain injury support group called “Gray Matters” at Scripps Hospital in southern California. Gray Matters is her first publication. Please visit http://www.graymatters4u.com for more information.
For more information contact:
Heidi Lerner, M.A.
Gray Matters
(760) 579-3895
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heidi@graymatters4u.com
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