How an artist inspires my mission to fight for the civil rights of people with severe brain injuries
The marginalization and segregation of people with serious brain injuries should be seen as a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
I recently visited the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona, a museum dedicated to the Spanish artist’s iconoclastic creations. For an academic on vacation, the scene was idyllic: an art-festooned courtyard; a fluttering white canopy filtering the Mediterranean sun; and an ice-cold Diet Coke. What more could one ask for?
In my case, it would have been the grant I was hoping to receive. As I sat and pondered the art I had just enjoyed, I foolishly checked my email to find a message asking me to downsize a large grant into a smaller project. Not exactly good news, but not altogether bad.
Several colleagues rather than skilled medical care.
