W-A.B.C. News Anchor Bob Woodruff and his wife Lee will be making the opening address at the Brain Injury Association of New York State 25th Annual Conference in Albany New York. They will be taking the stage after Michael Kaplan and Judy #1 have their say at 10:45 a.m. on Thursday June 7th. The two day conference as usual will be hosted at the Marriott on Wolf Road.
Those of you living in a news vacuum may not know that Bob Woodruff got a t.b.i. from an exploding bomb over in Iraq in January 2006. He and his wife Lee wrote a book about the ordeal. The book is called, "In an Instant."
The scoop among the t.b.i.-ers on e-groups was a bit of grumbling and remarking that his results are proof of what money can buy in terms of cognitive rehabilitation and dedicated professionals. So it was shortly after a docu aired on teevee. Certainly, money and terrific insurance policies and some fame does go farther in the world in terms of posh rehabs and all of that. What I don't want our community to forget is that there is that word motivation too. The human spirit surely rises above the envy of those of us who have been cast into the role of the have-nots by our subsequent t.b.i.-related disabilities. At least I want to believe that.
As for the Conference itself: The food at the Marriott is good, workshops good, pool outstanding. I've been to two of them-- I skipped last year's due to a scheduling conflict with a writing workshop that I co-facilitate with one of my editors-- and that is what I remember of them. Oh sure, the not so wonderful VESID folks from New York State put in their annual appearance. Aside from their noxious presence, it is a nice thing to meet up with other t.b.i.-ers who continue to strive for healing.
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