Inspiration Association – On TBI, Inspire Arts and the Fall

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• Reflections on TBI, an innovative arts program and the Fall • Commentary

• Intro Note — Inspire Arts is a Connecticut-based program dedicated to supporting artists who live with disabilities, with a special emphasis on survivors of a traumatic brain injury aka TBI — the innovative program provides a platform for these TBI artists, fostering artistic expression as a recovery vehicle and a life calling.

• Established by The Supported Living Group — a private social-service agency headquartered in Danielson — the Inspire Arts initiative is offered at the agency's satellite locations in Avon and Bethany.

• Inspire Arts senior manager Rebecca Maloney is based in Avon, in the heart of Connecticut's Farmington Valley.

By Bruce William Deckert

Editor-in-Chief

Today Magazine Online

• Traumatic brain injuries occur in various catastrophic ways — motor-vehicle accidents, violent assaults, military combat, sports mishaps, severe strokes, tragic falls — and a TBI is widely considered a significant disability.

• This commentary essay is the fifth article in an Inspire Arts series — links to the first four can be found below — and the previous feature in this series concluded with the following two questions:

• Since a TBI is a major disability, and since everyone has abilities and disabilities, I suppose that the transitive property applies — here's my supposition stated as a question: While we humans benefit from the mind's upside, can't we infer that all people must deal with a metaphorical traumatic brain injury that is part-and-parcel of the human condition?

• I believe a compelling case can be made that the answer is yes — and if this universal TBI assessment is true, who offers the best long-term restorative solution?

• Let's continue the conversation and address these key questions...

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• EDITOR'S NOTE — stay tuned for the rest of this commentary essay — I'm planning to publish an updated version soon

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• This feature is the fifth in a five-part series — the first four:

Part 1 – Inspire Arts – Offering creative hope to brain injury survivors

Part 2 – Inspirational Initiative – Exclusive Q&A with Inspire Arts principals

Part 3 – Tale of 2+2 Artists – Inspire Arts foursome add creativity to injury

Part 4 – Artistic Association – Reflecting on TBI-disability connection

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