My Life

On Thursday April twenty-fourth, 2014 I had got up from my bed at seven-thirty in the morning and I had wheeled in my wheelchair to my bath room to wash myself .  So when I had dried my hands off I had wheeled back into my bed room and I had called a staff to help me pull my dark blue long paints up and help me with my socks right leg brace and shoes too. So then I had opened my bed room door to wheel out and into the kitchen to have a bowl of oat meat to eat and a cup of orange juice to drink and a cup of tea to drink too.  When I had finish my bowl of oat meal and my tea and orange juice too I had put my empty bowl and my empty cup and glasses into the dish wash then I had wheeled back to my bed room to watch my television for a while. Later I had to tell on a staff person because she would not help me take my ring off the third finger on my left hand on Tuesday night at eleven o'clock that night she had asked me to do my ring  myself with soap and water when I had already tried that but she still did not help me and that is not right I had forgot to ask at seven o'clock that night because there was a DJ here in the McLaughlin house called DJ Mike and he had played all old songs and I was singing in the cordless microphone and dance too in my wheelchair.

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people with brain injury( East Mass)
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MRC the Massachusetts  Rehabilitation Commotion does not discriminate on the bases of race, gender, age, handicap, or sexual orientation any person who has questions or concern about agency practices may contact Mary Connelly J.D. director of diversity/ADA Coordinator Massachusetts Rehabilitation                                             Commission   
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                for more information contact-the State Wide Head-Injury program
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Every year 51,000 Massachusetts residents sustains a traumatic brain injury most often in crashes and falls.  It can happen to any one and no two head-injury are a like.  If you or loved ones notice issues with memory loss, concentrating, finding words, or controlling your temper, you may have had a traumatic brain injury and would benefit from SHIP services.

                Brain Injuries Association Of
                Massachusetts (BIA-MA)

SHIP was created by the grassroots efforts of BIA-MA members. BIA-MA offers information and resources, support groups, for survives and family members, speakers, bureau; and educational and prevention workshops and activities.


              Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts
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An Externally cause of traumatic brain injury (TBI) is do to a blow or a jolt to the head from an external physical force.  Brain function can be disrupted by injury from a car crash and a serious fall, gun shot or assault.  Soldiers  may sustain a traumatic brain injury from an explosion or a shock wave  These kinds of events may result in significant cognitive behavioral or social challenges.   Some examples of brain injury that not externally caused and unfortunately would not meet SHIP criteria  are strokes, lack of oxygen and brain tumors.

SHIP provides a broad range of community based services that supports individuals with traumatic brain injury and their families  SHIP is apart of the Community Services Division at the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission a state Agency.  You may be eligible for Ship if you are a resident of Massachusetts regardless of age.  You have a documented  external cause of traumatic brain injury.  You have related issues   with cognitive physical and/or behavioral areas.  You are able to participate in community base services..
 Any one can contact SHIP by telephone or by e-mail and to request a application.  SHIP determines eligibility by reviewing all available records related to the individual brain injury Gathering.  the records can take time if you already have records of the initial injuries. It will help you if you send us copies.but this is not requested You will get a letter telling if you are eligible.  SHIP staff can discuss the process with you and answer questions about services and can help you fill out the application.

We want you to know that brain injury is a invisible disability
While our children may look fine or even as they did before their brain injury they are no longer the same child that they once were.
Their brain-injuries had forever changed them. Brain-injuries can cause behavioral changes emotional instability impaired  cognitive poor judgement and a slew of other things. Trust me no matter how great they were before they are not fine.
We want you to know that there are no cure for brain-injuries not all of the therapies, medications, doctors, love, sweat, and tears, can cure their brain-injuries or bringing them back how they once were.
How ever we do all that we can to give our child the best possible outcome.
We want you to know we are no longer the same person before our childs brain-injuries  Some of us have literally  watched our child die before our very eyes. We have witness horrible things and we had also seen amazing miracles.  We can"t be who we once were no matter how we tried. Our lives are for ever changed and as a result so are we.
We want you to know that if our child manages to briefly hold it together when we see you that does"t means that they are fine or that we exaggerate. and often our child is so overwhelmed that the fall out is.

Some staff people that works at the Mclaughlin house only see half of the picture they do not see the whole entire picture.  It is just like putting a whole giant puzzle together if you are missing that one or a few pieces you are not seeing the whole puzzle and that is for sure you have got to here the whole entire story and not part of the story that's for sure and most of the people that live inside of the McLaughlin house do have memory problems but me ok I will amitt that I do forget people names from time to time but if I see that person every day I will not forget or writing it down helps too.

 strong leg is kind of dangerous. Because I have to stretch out to grab the long bar connected to the sun deck and if I fall I might land on my weak right leg and if I do that it is going to hurt or I might  land on my right nuckle when that is going to hurt me too.  Because I had got my wrist fused to my arm and if I land on it then I will be in so much pain for a while and she do not care what happens to me I glad that she had brought out a chair so that I could sit down I glad that I had made it over to the chair too and she still would not help push my dark red six wheel motor scooter up I had to raise my voice to her so that she did push my motor scooter up and then when I had got in my dark six wheel motor scooter I had drove down and into the garage and then I had wheeled up the cemented ramp to the sun deck but I had to push on the sun deck in my wheelchair while I were pulling the kitchen chair into the house.  When I had got the kitchen chair into the kitchen I went out on the sun deck and grab the second kitchen chair and I pull that chair in to the kitchen but she drove out of the parking lot she didn't lift a finger to help when it is their job and she was not doing her job I had to do her job and that is not right and that is not fair either.  That morning when I had wheeled in to the kitchen now I had not have my breakfast at all and I had wheel to the great big white board to see the next activity the staff person came around the corridor saw me at the great big white board but said nothing to me all that she had said to me was hi because I had said hi to her.

On Saturday April twelve 2014, at three o'clock in the afternoon I had my black jacket on already.  So I had wheeled to my bed room door to open the door when I wheeled out of my bed room I had took my bed room key to lock the door behind me.  Then I had wheeled to the sign out sheet to sign myself out so I had wheeled out of the front door and then down to the garage so that I could get on my six wheel dark red motor scooter so I could drive to dunking donuts restaurant.  But first I had asked a resident that is in a electric-wheelchair name Debby if she wanted a coffee she had said yes hazel nut?  So I had drove across the long very wide parking lot to drive in to the dunking donuts restaurant to order a cocanut cappuccino for myself to drink at a table there. A minute later I had ordered a hazel nut coffee and I had put the coffee in my light blue cup holder duck taped to my six wheel dark red motor scooter then I had drove back along the long wide parking lot and then I had drove on the deck to give Debby her hazal nut coffee. Until I had saw Tony parked next to Debby in his manual wheelchair he had took one look at my helmet and shouted at me give me my hat he had said so I had took off my helmet and I had put my helmet in my great big basket on the handle bar at the front of my dark red motor scooter and I had took my light green bat phone and then I had called a staff person at that time a resident had alreadied took my helmet.  But when the staff person opened the door I ended up getting yelled at when it was that resident in the manual wheelchair falt in the first place I was just giving Debby her coffee so the staff person gave me back my helmet and the resident was still yelling that is my hat give me my hat when that hat is not his hat it is my hat and it is not a hat it is a helmet or if you want you could call it a hard hat. So I was backing up on the sun deck when my left back wheel wheeled off of the sun deck and that staff person would not give me a push back up on the sun deck I had to get out of my motor scooter and then walk around my dark red motor scooter and with a guy that could use one strong arm and one good strong leg it was very hard indeed

Every year 51,000 residents sustain a TBI most often in crashes and falls. It can happen to any one and no two brain injuries are alike. If you or love ones notice issues with memory concentration finding words or controlling your temper you may have had a TBI and benifit from SHIP services SHIP provides a broad range of communities-based services that supports individual with tramatic brain injuries and their families. Ship have a part of the community services division at the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commissioner.a state Agency.



 An externally caused tramatic brain injury (TBI) is dew to a blow or a jolt to the head from an external physical force Brain function can be disrupted by injury in a car crash serious fall gunshot or assault solders may sustain a TBI from an explosion or a shockwave.  These kinds of events may result in significant cognitive behavioral or social challenges.  Some exsamples of brain injuries that are not externally caused and unfortunately would not meet SHIP criteria are a stroke, lack of oxygen and brain tumors.

on Sunday April sixth 2014, at seven-thirty in the morning I had woke up from my sleep and I had stood up at the right side of my bed to sit down in   my wheel chair so that I could wheel to my bath room to wash myself in my sink with a wet face cloth and then I had dried myself too. So I had wheeled back in to my bed room to put on my long dark blue pants and a white tee-shirt then a female staff had came in to my bed room to give my vitamins and I had told her about the fun time I had at Spaulding on Saturday April fifth 2014, at the Spaulding rehab there were a lot of people at the meeting and there were a whole lot of information out in the hall way on the very long table there were all booklets filled with a lot of information that a female staff that rode there with me and Peter C. on a great big van went out to the long table and got me and Peter C. a few booklet of information. I had brought a copy of the booklet about Beacon Hill resisting ramps aid to help the disabled people when that is a load of hog wash. I think they are looking to much in the past when that is not right they should face the present hay there are much more people with disabilities and how are we going to commentate them and think real hard about the future of Beacon Hill. So I had gave a female person that works there name Sally, a copy of the booklet of Beacon Hill and I had asked Sally to make some copies to hand out to people at the Spaulding, Rehab center and she even held up the booklet to show all of the people at the meeting. So that Sunday April sixth after I had at my bowl of oatmeal and drank my glass of orange juice I had took my empty bowl and my empty glass too and I put them in the dish wash then I had wheel into my bed room to watch my television for a while.  After I had my lunch at twelve in the afternoon I had wheeled outside and then I had wheeled into the garage to get on my six wheel dark red motor scooter and then I had drove over to the dunking donuts restaurant to order a hazel nut cappuccino to drink at a table inside the dunking donuts  restaurant while I were watching the television inside too.  Latter I had drove back home across the two big long parking lot and I had drove my dark red motor scooter into the garage  A few hours later it was eleven o'clock at night so I had went to bed.