Traumatic Brain Injury: Brain Injury Survivor Raises Awareness

Daniel Windheim, 44, is a survivor of a traumatic brain injury. He recently has written a book called "It's Not All Black And White: A Survivor's View Of Life." Windheim was 16 years old when he suffered his traumatic brain injury. He was a passenger in a car driven by his sister's boyfriend when the car was involved in an accident. Windheim suffered a brain-stem injury that caused him to be in a coma for more than two months.

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Despite having to relearn how to walk after his injury, Windheim was able to finish his high school education, and got a bachelor's degree from St. Thomas Aquinas College. The book is about Daniel Windheim's life in the days prior to his accident and offers perspective on how he, his family, and his friends handled his injury and recovery. Windheim hopes his book will inspire other TBI victims to move on with their lives: "TBI survivors are conditioned to believe that they are incompetent, but I'm capable," Windheim said. "You have to constantly remind yourself that you are not different from others."