OBIS Received the Following Letters:

Hi All at Orlando Brain Injury Support,

I apologize for the seemingly random contact, but I got your information from the Brain Injury Association of America and I thought that you may be interested in and able to help me with a project that I am working on. I'm a Researcher and Casting Associate at MTV Networks and am currently working on a documentary following young people who are suffering from amnesia.

You may or may not be familiar with MTV's True Life -- it's a long-running, award winning documentary series that seeks to have young people share their stories, in their own words. The format is strictly first person, which is to say that we don't filter the voices of our subjects through narrators or any similar third parties. All we do is follow them; it's our hope that by allowing these people to use their own voices to tell their stories, and communicating directly with their peers, we can impact the way people interact and engage with the world they live in.

One of the themes we’re currently exploring for this particular episode is memory loss and the devastating side effects that can occur as a result of a brain injury. We are interested in finding young people whose lives have been dramatically altered by the inability to remember or to form new memories. We are also interested in learning what kind of therapies and treatments are used in attempting to recover memory loss.

Our official casting call reads: Have you experienced some sort of physical or emotional trauma that has affected your ability to recall or create new memories? Have you been diagnosed with a form of amnesia as a result of a brain injury or extreme stress? Has your memory loss affected relationships that you were once fully invested in? Are you or your loved ones frustrated by your inability to remember your past? Or perhaps you've suffered an injury that has affected your short-term memory. If you or someone you love has experienced memory loss and has been diagnosed with amnesia, MTV wants to hear your story.

If this sounds like something that you might consider, I'd love to give you more information about this project -- and if you know of anyone else it might be beneficial to contact, please do let us know. I can be reached via email at amnesia@mtvn.com  or by phone at (212) 846-8850.

Thank you so much for any assistance that you can offer. I look forward to hearing from you!
Best regards,
Kristen
Research/Casting
MTV News & Docs

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Marie Terese,
This is an absolutely beautiful and well put together recap of the Orlando Brain Injury Support Group’s meeting. It is so well done! KUDO’S!

LOVE this. Every support group should be doing something similar not only to provide info to those who were not able to attend but to show possible new members what goes on, the balance between survivors and caregivers and most importantly to show they are not alone and all they can learn by joining.
You are AWESOME!!!!!

I’m cc’ing this to my contacts at Lakeland, ORMC and Halifax so they can forward to their social worker or case mgmt staff to refer folks to an awesome support group as I think your members have all been to one of the three Trauma Centers.
Can you put me in as speaker for August? I am available. I will bring snacks!

Tracy Porter
Executive Director/Founder
Mothers Against Brain Injury, Inc.
http://www.mabii.org
Cell (904) 657-1424
24/7 Hope Line (800) TBI-HOPE

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