Trauma Survivors' Day - May 20 2015

On May 20 2015, AfterTrauma in partnership with the American Trauma Survivors Network will be celebrating National Trauma Survivors Day. The day is an important opportunity to acknowledge the experiences and courage of trauma survivors and their families. It's also an opportunity to raise awareness of the work of the trauma clinicians and researchers around the world who dedicate their lives to caring and finding better treatments for traumatic injury. 

If you are a trauma survivor, carer or supporter and would like to take part:

• Download this sign, write your personal message - it could be simply "I am a survivor!" or "I love a trauma survivor!"
• Take a picture of you holding the sign
• On May 20, upload the picture to Twitter or Instagram with #TraumaSurvivorsDay
• Tag yourself, support system or family members.
• Then please share your pictures with us @AfterTrauma on Twitter and/or Instagram.

If you are a trauma clinician or researcher and would like to take part, please download this sign then follow all the above steps.

Thanks everyone - we look forward to tweeting with you!

Trauma survivors in the news

The London Evening Standard recently ran a story about AfterTrauma, featuring two survivor stories from this site - Lucy and Campbell, and Alison.  The story got a lot of shares and positive responses - thanks so much to these inspirational survivors for having the courage to speak so candidly to the media about their experiences.  Media like this all helps to raise awareness about traumatic injury and its impact.

Published 1st May 2015

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