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I’m 65 and Officially Retired from Being Disabled

December 8, 2020 by Jeff Sebell 10 Comments

I’m 65 and Officially Retired from Being Disabled

I'm doing what people do when they turn 65. I'm retiring. So, for all of you who know me as well as those of you who don't, I am officially announcing my retirement from being disabled. "How can you do this?" some may ask. In fact, I can hear a few of you asking that question right now. Well, I'll tell you, I gave it some thought, and what I focused on was the idea ... Read On

Brain Injury Now: Interpreting My Past, Living My Present, Finding My Future

January 5, 2020 by Jeff Sebell 11 Comments

Brain Injury Now: Interpreting My Past, Living My Present, Finding My Future

Here I am, at age sixty-four, about to enter a new phase of my life: forty-five years after my month-long coma, I've reached that age when I can retire. That idea sounds great, so I tell people I am going to retire in a year. Their usual response is, "Well, what are you retiring from?" "I am going to retire from being disabled." Do I really believe that? No. No I ... Read On

Jeff Sebell Author and TBI SurvivorJeff Sebell is a published Author, Speaker and Blogger writing about Traumatic Brain Injury and the impacts of his own TBI which he suffered in 1975 while attending Bowdoin College  He has been active in the community since the inception of the NHIF, and was on the founding board of directors of the MA chapter. His book "Learning to Live with Yourself after Brain Injury", was released in August of 2014 by Lash Publishing.

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