Author page: Anthony Aquan-Assee

Anthony Aquan-Assee

Anthony Aquan-Assee is a survivor of a Traumatic Brain Injury.
He worked as a Teacher with the Toronto District School Board for thirty years.
Since 1999, Anthony has volunteered every week in the Trauma & Neurosurgery Intensive Care Unit at St. Michael's Hospital in downtown Toronto.
Anthony also volunteers, in memory of his Mother, in the Palliative Care Unit at St. Michael's Hospital.
Anthony is also a Motivational Speaker, an Author and an aspiring Musician.

99 articles published

You Survived the ICU !

When your brain has changed, you see the world from a different perspective and your strengths manifest in ways that many may not be able to see or understand. Try very hard not to let the words, opinions and judgments of others impact on your belief in yourself. You survived the ICU ! This…

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TBI = To Be Inspired !

You are not your brain. There is something more to who you are. There is an energy or a divine force within us that allows us to control our brain.  This divine force is what is growing our hair, growing our fingernails, beating our heart and all of the other incredible things that take place…

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X-Ray Vision

When your life changes because of a Brain Injury or some other Trauma, you search desperately for anything that will help. Your life has changed so drastically and you feel that you have lost everything that was important to you. You feel lost and terrified. Everything that you used to know has changed or is…

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Perfectly, Imperfect

"Sometimes it's the imperfect stuff that makes things perfect." My life changed drastically on September 23, 1997. It has been an extremely difficult journey but I have come to learn that my life is perfectly, imperfect. The imperfections in my life have given me the ability to appreciate the little things in life.…

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ONE

My Mom and my Family lent me their hands to hold together my injured Brain.  Our hands grasped together as ONE! ONE Life,  ONE Wish, ONE Dream, ONE Family, ONE Day. . . . You will overcome.  "Always Believe"  Written By: Anthony Aquan-Assee

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