PhD graduate throws off disability stigmas, refusing to let a TBI end her career
Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences and speech-language pathologist at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Rick Sanders watched his patient Dee Genetti graduate with a PhD earlier this month, more than a decade after a traumatic car crash and TBI derailed her education.
“The most striking aspect of Dee’s recovery has been how far she has come from the days when she struggled to hold a two-minute NPR news clip in her memory to now completing her doctoral degree…(Her) singular will and determination have driven her recovery and reset our equations for what is possible after traumatic brain injury.” – Sanders