Name: Ron L.

City: Phoenix, AZ

Brain Injury: TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI) and CONCUSSION I have had many injuries to my head over the years, the first one when I was 4 years old. My 6^th injury was when I was riding a ATV 9 years ago, without wearing a helmet, and fell off an embankment about 20 feet and slammed my head into a giant boulder.

Explanation of mask:  The mask is simple but represents what my brain feels like sometimes now. Sometimes when I wake and get out of bed it seems like I’m heading into a dust storm on a road and can’t turn around, so I just keep going. The rest of the day I am stumbling around because even though I can see, it all seems fuzzy and blurry in my head, like walking around in a dust storm. MY BRAIN GETS CONFUSED and this gets me very FRUSTRATED and SOMETIMES ANGRY with things and people. I often seem to end up alone where things seem quieter and less complicated. But with daily progress I am thankful that my “FUZZY DAYS” don’t happen very often so I can enjoy life, be productive and have fun.