I have always felt a need to ‘prove myself’; now I feel a greater need to ‘be myself’, with all the frailties and strengths which arise from my brain injury.

The car accident that diverted me happened on January 6, 1997. I woke up in a hospital on February 4, 1997. I wasn’t scared or confused — I was tired

My life is focussed on being recognised for the skills and abilities I have, not to be disregarded and identified by the head injury and the skills and abilities I have lost.

Who am I now? I don't know that I ever will have an answer to that, or that I ever did