Who Am I To Stop It Letting Your Personal Story Shine Through Art

When Cheryl Green sustained a traumatic brain injury, her life was reduced to timelines, symptoms, and explanations of how she got hurt. None of it captured who she actually was. Looking for a way out of the medical shorthand that followed her everywhere, Cheryl found an unexpected tool: comedy films. As an independent access artist and TBI survivor, she discovered that creative storytelling could express the emotional truth of her experience in ways clinical language never could. She ended up inviting connection instead of pity. Through projects like Cooking with Brain Injury and the feature documentary Who Am I to Stop It?, Cheryl centers disabled voices on their own terms. The film follows TBI survivors Brandon, Danny, and Chris, not through diagnoses or expert commentary, but through poetry, performance, and visual art. With no doctors or family members weighing in, the documentary asks viewers: why should external judgment ever decide whether someone gets to pursue their dreams? This Brainstorm presentation was sponsored by the Northern New Jersey Traumatic Brain Injury System and Kessler Foundation. Catch Up Anytime! Missed one of our past BrainStorm events? No worries — you can watch all previous presentations on our YouTube channel, Dive into inspiring stories, expert insights, and practical tips at your convenience. Want to Get Involved? Whether you're interested in participating in our research remotely or in person, we’d love to hear from you! go to to learn how you can contribute to advancing brain injury research.

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Who Am I To Stop It Letting Your Personal Story Shine Through Art is an episode from Kessler Foundation Disability Rehabilitation Research and Employment by Kessler Foundation.

This episode is 01:00:12 long.

This episode was published on Feb 13, 2026.

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