Recreational Activities After the Brain Injury

By Shasmin Asbury

After going around the Denbigh House and making friends with everyone, some questions came about. I asked each member two question, one being what activities do they like to do since their brain injury occurred? Most people told me that they like to play sports, spend time with family, work, and watch television or movies. Greg said that he like trying to learn because he would like to learn as much as he can. I then asked the members what activities do they find hard to do since their brain injury occurred. Many of the members said that they have trouble with some sports, such as swimming, running, baseball, and basketball; memory, independence, transportation, and computer skills. Matt said that he has trouble with everything because he cannot drive and he isn't allowed to do anything. Most of the members here at The Denbigh House cannot drive because of the various brain injuries that have impaired their abilities, so, it plays a major factor in each of our lives. Everyone has different skills for what they can do, like Ginger who has a green thumb and works on her garden with care and John O., who can fix any type of computer problem you may have. But, because of these brain injuries, everyone has their different things that they cannot participate in anymore, like Barry and his organization skills and Stephen with his computer skills. There are things that we can't do now that we have gone through what we have, but our plan is to find activities that we can do and enjoy doing them.