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Audio interview with Brent Alford from Brain Injury Matters (BIM)


Lisa, who lives with an acquired brain injury, speaks with Brent Alford from Brain Injury Matters

Brent says it took him about nine years to mentally get over having my brain injury and to embrace it. 

"But having a brain injury has become a powerful tool for me because now I represent being the president of Brain Injury Matters. And it has enabled me to be put into a community, I suppose, with like-minded people who are trying to get the better of themselves having a brain injury.

It’s my life now... "

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