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Shireen Jeejeebhoy

About

Shireen Jeejeebhoy is a Toronto-based author, blogger, and photographer who holds a B.Sc. in psychology from the University of Toronto. After sustaining a brain injury, Jeejeebhoy has found that her writing keeps her grounded, her photography lifts her into realms of color and light, and tweeting creates a social web to support and be supported in this restoration journey. Jeejeebhoy’s work is an eclectic mix of fiction, biography, nonfiction, and poetry, with the city of Toronto often in a starring role. Her books include the award-winning biography Lifeliner: The Judy Taylor Story and the novel She, which was a finalist for the 2012 Word Guild Awards.

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Recent Posts
How Does Brain Injury Damage Self-Love?
Personal Perspective: We’re born knowing we exist and deserve to. And while experiences can damage self-love, nothing takes away the relationship with ourself like brain injury.
What Are Holidays Like as a Brain Injury Survivor?

Personal Perspective: Holidays for brain injury survivors are days of isolation and grief, left behind by loved ones, and cared for by those paid to do so.

Personal Perspective: Holidays for brain injury survivors are days of isolation and grief, left behind by loved ones, and cared for by those paid to do so.

Brain Injury Is a Mystery Crying to Be Solved

Personal Perspective: Brain injury is like a mystery. A grey and white thing hidden inside a bony thing, the brain runs us and none can see the damage when it's injured.

Personal Perspective: Brain injury is like a mystery. A grey and white thing hidden inside a bony thing, the brain runs us and none can see the damage when it's injured.

Closeness Is a Dimension

Like time and space are dimensions, so is closeness to others. Does brain injury damage that dimension and negatively affect our relationships?

Like time and space are dimensions, so is closeness to others. Does brain injury damage that dimension and negatively affect our relationships?

Dental Health After Brain Injury

Traumatic brain injury can impair both saliva composition and production, leading to tooth decay. Better cooperation between medicine and dentistry could prevent increased damage.

Traumatic brain injury can impair both saliva composition and production, leading to tooth decay. Better cooperation between medicine and dentistry could prevent increased damage.

What Gives You Meaning After Brain Injury?

Personal Perspective: Brain injury concentrates your mind on the essential question: “What will give me meaning in my life?”

Personal Perspective: Brain injury concentrates your mind on the essential question: “What will give me meaning in my life?”