BRAINWAVES

Specializing in vocational rehabilitation, Christi Porter works with adult clients who are recovering from various types of brain injuries, including traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) and strokes, at Cerebrations.

Jason Lalli may hold a record no one wants to have. In a little over a year and a half he’s sustained three traumatic brain injuries, or TBIs.

Gaby has been creating costumes and has been an avid cosplayer for 10 years, mostly with her best friend, Momo. By day a social worker who works with disabled children, Gaby – alongside Momo – have dressed up as and created content for just about any character in any genre imaginable.

At most, “huffing” is probably something you associate with health teachers warning about in grainy videos from the 1990s. But unfortunately, “huffing” is back, though now it’s called using “whippits.”

Jamie Suppanz, a speech language pathologist at Cerebrations, said she took to her career “like a fish to water.” Though her parents did help guide her to the vocational rehabilitation pond.

Good Samaritan laws protect people from legal liability when they voluntarily provide reasonable assistance to someone who is injured, ill, or in danger. These laws exist to remove a major barrier to helping: fear of being sued.

As the first generation to be online their whole lives reaches their teens, everyone from parents and teachers to behavioral scientists and psychiatrists are asking how exposure to social media during their formative years has impacted this generation.

Here are our practical, brain-injury-informed ways to refresh your mindset as you step into 2026, no matter where you are on your journey.

The holidays can be beautiful…but they can also be loud, busy, and exhausting for brain injury survivors with neurofatigue.