Hello,
My daughter is the one concussed and she also had to leave college.

You are much better off then she was when she first came home, but here is what keeps her occupied.

Volunteering at a hospital in the cancer ward--very quiet. She would organize and distribute art bags for people receiving chemo. Not too much talking but very grateful people to be around.

She now volunteers for Save Our Shores and is in charge of beach cleanup.

She also started taking pictures of our local surf community. She takes pictures and then talks to the surfers. They give her their email and she sends them her pics of themselves surfing from that day. All free. Over the past two years she has lots of surfers who know her. Because she can't take photo classes, she befriended two professional photographers. They look at her work every couple of months and give her two things to work on. Yes they know that she has a brain injury.

She also plays cards--pinochle ever T early evening.

She can't twirl (vestibular issues) but she just took an intro salsa dance class. She says that it is hard at first but it's just the same steps so not too hard.


If there are elderly people in your area...you might offer to walk their dog.


These are just a fews ideas....