Constance Burgess writes under the pseudonym, Scooter
Scooter lives with hidden disabilities. She suffered two traumatic brain injuries-one in 1976 and the other in 2009.
She suffered chronic pain – taking a variety of pain medicines to overcome her pain including opioids for years. It took a partnership with professionals to help her to heal. Today she continues to deliberately work toward achieving a healthy, well-balanced quality of life.
After self-publishing her memoir, “Missing Frames”, she recognized how important it was to bring awareness to hidden disabilities, many of which stem from traumatic experiences. She wants to share her incredible experience with memory loss, amnesia, prescription drugs and chronic pain. She believes there is a perspective not spoken or seen that should be discussed when it comes to a person’s well-being.
Scooter believes, as a nation; incarceration, terrorism, domestic violence, shootings, and suicide will not be effectively dealt with when at its core our human behavior determines much. Hence, hidden disabilities should matter to us all.
Scooter’s role now is to be an inspiration to others who have had bad things happen to them.
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