The Injured Brain
Cost-hosts Jo and Jim Giordano discuss the ups and downs of navigating life after a brain injury. Jo is a brain injury survivor and former elementary school guidance counselor who obtained a severe traumatic brain injury in 2007. Jim is her husband and caregiver. By including a mix of lessons learned from their own experience, along with expert interviews, they hope to provide useful information and serve as beacons of hope for brain injury survivors and caregivers alike.
The Injured Brain
Episode 7: An Interview with Ronda Alcorn of We're Moving Forward
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Jo and Jim Giordano
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In this episode, Jim and Jo talk with Ronda Alcorn. Ronda's son Austin received a severe TBI in a rollover car accident in 2006. We talk with Ronda about the accident and some of the lessons that she has learned during her years as his mother and caregiver. Ronda is also the co-founder of an amazing Phoenix-based non-profit organization called We're Moving Forward that provides social and recreational activities for brain injury survivors, their families, and caregivers.