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hi my name is Terry Osbourne and I have
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no open anoxic brain injury I believe I
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have injury approximately two years ago
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as I said I wasn't balding initially and
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then I was taken to a rehab hospital so
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speak in Middleboro it wasn't placed in
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a wheelchair initially when I went there
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because my balance was a little unsteady
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and I was in the wheelchair and I had to
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learn to walk again which I did do there
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I met one of my goals of walking again
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I'm still working on that maybe three
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years later but learning how to swing my
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arms when I walk to turn my head side to
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side when I walk it's quite a process
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blurt Watkins realize that I do have a
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short-term memory problem
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I was evaluated for Easter Seals and
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they provided me with an iPad and the
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great thing is every day I photograph
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the board at my day program I go yes I
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go to the supported employment as I said
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with a woman and she helped me find my
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volunteer job helped me create a resume
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and so that got me the job with this
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resume and now we're adding on for when
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I decide to move on to another job I
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have my resume all ready to show the
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people
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every little every once's end up with so
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meeting the people with brain injuries
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are very diverse they affect everyone
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differently so I had no idea the degree
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of where their brain was damaged if we
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would have things in common to talk
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about select the color of my room I
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selected the furniture in the room I
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have a nice big window
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my room I'm a plant person so I have
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plants in my window
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I love it a lot more freedoms the house
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tries to go out this once a week or once
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a month to go to a nice restaurant or to
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a movie an amusement park
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anything'll English that we have the
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funds for and we have a community garden
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I'm the gardener in the family so my
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best friends they've been with me from
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the beginning on the beginning oh I got
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that wrong you're my whole journey yeah
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and they always take me out for our day
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of beauty I hope they take me to get my
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hair done and then we go shopping for
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whatever I need it's wonderful a lot
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more freedom rather than being in a
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hospital setting more choices and to
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what you can go out in the community and
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do your as possible for yourself but you
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also have their staff there to assist
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you and encourage you to fulfill your
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goals