Brain Injury currently stands 3rd for death and disability in the United States and holds the number one spot for death and disability in Washington State ( (Brain Injury Alliance of Washington , 2016). Currently, every twenty-one seconds, an individual joins the Brain Injury community and yet it is still considered a silent epidemic. We do not come culturally equipped with the same level of understanding or pretext with regard to the side effects and social implications of this injury as one does Cancer. As such, the community often mislabels or stigmatizes these individuals into categories that are not appropriate or reacts inappropriately to injuries (Brain Injury Alliance of Washington , 2016). As such, both by community members and medical
