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Karate

Before this all happened, I did lots of athletic activities. I had just started karate when my stroke happened.

Brain Deep, SocialNina MitchellJanuary 16, 2012 Comments

Boyfriend

Happiness.

Brain Deep, SocialNina MitchellJanuary 7, 2012 Comments

Ice Skating

My friends took me ice skating. I had trouble using skates, but they glided on either side of me and off we went, very slowly. There was another disabled kid on the ice.

Brain Deep, SocialNina MitchellDecember 12, 2011 Comments

Mohawks

I had a Mohawk adventure in L.A.

Brain Deep, SocialNina MitchellDecember 2, 2011 Comments

Poodle Manners

SocialNina MitchellAugust 18, 2011 Comments

Lines

Early after my stroke, it was hard for me to wait in line. I barged into an office without knocking.

Brain Deep, SocialNina MitchellJuly 8, 2011Comment

Dine

Early after my stroke, I sometimes had trouble modulating my voice. My friends took me out to dinner and I talked at the top of my lungs for most of the meal.

Brain Deep, Medical, SocialNina MitchellJune 28, 2011 Comment

Bathgame

That's aphasia for you: sometimes your words come to you 3 minutes later.

Medical, SocialNina MitchellJune 23, 2011 Comments

Tie Your Shoe

A man noticed I was disabled. He also saw that one of my shoes was untied. He offered to tie my shoe for me.

SocialNina MitchellJune 16, 2011 Comments

Cheer Me Up

My aunt says that as she has gotten older, more strangers smile at her in the street, as if they have been taught "old people need to be cheered up because their life must suck."

SocialNina MitchellJune 13, 2011 Comments