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Today is a sad day.  We have lost our dear friend Charlie Larson.  Charlie was born with down syndrome but was never treated any other way than normal by us.  Charlie was always up beat, happy and a very easy person to like.  Charlie always was a leader.  He wanted to be a part of everything and in a big way.   He was a part of Durham's oustanding volunteer fire department.  He contributed his time to our amazing high school basketball team.  Charlie participated in Special Olympics and won dozens of medals.  I only remember Charlie's warm smile, intelligence and hugs.  I cannot even remember one time where Charlie even got mad at anyone.  Tonight we remember Charlie as "Mr. Durham", our friend, classmate and dedicated volunteer.  Please call in and tell us your favorite moments involving Charlie Larson. Call in at 10pm ESTime, 7pm Pacific and listen on your phone at 424-243-9540 and press "1" when you want to join the host's cue and I will open up your mic.  Or, click on the link to the show and sign in.  If you are on Facebook just click on the blue icon and you will automatically be signed in.  I will have a guest on the show with us that is knowledgeable in the area of Down Syndrome.  Charlie would love it that we are learning and teaching others, it's the Coginchaug way.  I am proud and happy to have this opportunity to memorialize our friend this way.

Join Gordon and Dj on Monday for what should be a very educational episode on the law, personal injury and brain injuries.  Mr. Johnson has litigated brain injury cases in many states as lead and co councel.  He is the creator of tbivoices, waiting.com and has a very informational site, tbilaw.com.  He's past president of a legal litigation organization and contributes to dozens of sites throughout the internet. Mr. Johnson has appeared in Court/taken depositions personally in the following states: California, Washington, North Dakota, Colorado, Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, Maryland, New York, Connecticut and Virginia. There are many ways that folks get hurt and even more ways these injuries are litigated.  The Longshore harbor workers compensation laws are not the same as getting into a slip and fall at work, or even contruction law injuries.  You need to know what laws you fall under, then find a board certified trial attorney.  Mr. Johnson will give some great support on this show and will stay the full hour and a half to take calls.  This show is not paying Mr. Johnson to be on here, he's not replacing your current attorney, so please just take this advice and use it to the best of your needs.  424-243-9540 is the call in number.  Press 1 to put your hand up and go into the caller cue and I will bring you on.

The Protocol for Brain Injury in New York State was the idea of Brent Feuz.  Brent is a TBI survivor, former professional firefighter and paramedic.  Brent and I have discussed the fact that I was sent to a hospital after my work related head injury that did not have neurosurgical services.  This could have been a catastrophic mistake and should have been handled much differently.  Only level I trauma centers are equipped to handle such sudden and complicated emergencies yet many people presenting with sudden brain bleeds and pain in their head are taken to ilprepared hospitals and  many just die.  Brent will discuss what brought him to want to do this for our community and how it's being designed to help us right away.  Please listen, call in and ask Brent and I questions about this protocol.  His protocols are important to every type of injury to the body.  Once implemented by ambulance and other first responders, the mortality rate of sudden injuries will go up substantially. Brent will thoroughly go through his protocol for first responder’s right through the emergency room.  I would like to take it all the way through the steps of rehab.  Acute, sub acute and post acute care is every bit as important as the initial surgery.  Why buy a Mercedes and not keep it waxed!!  Let's support Brent by calling in and asking questions and commending him on this fine idea.  True advocates are those that really want to see changes in systems that are mostly broken.  Brent Feuz is just such a person.  Monday, January 28th we will talk with a person that may have just come up with ways to save many lives.

TEAMHILEVEL presents A evenning with Brain Injury Super Hero - David McQuire 'a run to remember" David ran across North America to promote brain injury awareness his 8 month 350 city  journey and thousands of miles, enjoy a evenning with a brain injury hero http://tbisurvivorsnetwork.ning.com/group/aruntoremember

HydroPioneer Teamhilevel host by DJ - special guest Ron Kelleher the hydropioneer Hydrocephalus with the Hydropioneer Ron Patrick Kelleher born with Hydrocephalus 1962 & I am currently a happily married man to my shunted Love Beth Ann (Lush)Kelleher sharing my experiences as well as finding a shunteer very close to where you live as you are not the only one with hydrocephalu Ron KelleherHydroPioneer I am the hydropioneer from facebook who can lead you through hydrocephalus with 48 years of experience Canada http://www.mdjunction.com

The Morning After Loss A Teamhilevel Special Edition This special edition is about recocvery after a catastrophic loss, brain injury, through we heal up quite fine and look very typical to most people and we so want to be back where we were that even survivors try to be this typical this normal.  Until everything falls apart and no one wants to believe this because you look typical or normal.  With brain injury normal is a mistake in the eyes of the looker.  Tune in as we continue trying to bring awareness to the hidden epidemic that no one can see, even those who live with it want to forget, but yet we are left with a life of trying to discover this new person. Hosted By Dj Asselin founder of Teamhilevel

Mothers of Special Needs - TeamHiLevel "The Mothers of Special Needs" with Sue, Dolly, Amanda, Melissa, Kimberly Overman is going to talk special needs trust's...... Parents with children that have special needs face a variety of challenges and obstacles along their educational, social and adult living, every parent wants the best for their child, we end up advocating all the way through their school years to adulthood and residential and employment.  We are going to hear form just those mothers, we will hear their victories and frustrations during their journey.  You won't want to miss this one.

TEAM HI LEVEL Hosted by DJ as he and his guests take on todays important brain injury issues facing survivors and their families.  Join DJ and company as they take on each issue.

BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION - RISE OR FALL Lots of activity around the country, groups leaving the BIAA and the BIAA forcing groups out, Who will be the new affiliates in the different states, tonight is an open forum to talk about where the BIAA is good and where it is not. looking to have representives from the national  BIAA tell us its vision for a better tomorrow, the sad truth is that some states have broken off from the national breaking up the network which in any circumstances hurts the concept of a connected community, So we as survivors have to figure out how to keep everyone connected and playing in the sand box.  Understanding the needs and real missions of organizations will help us, I believe any support is good, we just need to figure out how to make it good in the over all community we are creating.

Currently if you get a brain injury depending where you are your care will look very different., most mid brain injury go undiagnosed or under diagnosed, and insurance runs out or as its lost rehabilitation is hard to get.  .  and not know what hit you and your family devastated from thinking you did everything deliberately.  It is a mess for many, but times are changing and the care is getting better, but we have a long way to go., and a lot of corruption from those who say they are there to help us and really want to control the money, big big industry billions from our pain DJ's premeir show will address just that the journey that is tbi,  hope you learn a lot you could be that resource that someone will need, you may even be the resource you need Episode Guests  Sr. Vice Presiden Neal Flannery is a leader and business development specialist in the post-acute brain injury rehabilitation industry.Neal holds a bachelor’s degree in social work and has an MBA. He has multiple certificates and significant experiential and educational accolades. In the past 17 years he has developed and managed several successful residential brain injury rehab facilities. He is the previous founder/CEO of BayView Neuro ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pam Hayes (founder and director) of The Arms Forces is a nonprofit organization that embraces the unique needs of veterans who have a traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder. We develop and maintain a network of trained volunteer Life Navigation Coaches who give individual assistance to our wounded warriors who have the invisible wounds of war, at no cost to the veteran. We provide support to families and loved ones through our LEEF support experience.