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Donations of any size are welcome,   JACKWORDS  is a sponsored project Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions in behalf of JACKWORDS may be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are  tax-deductible ito the extent permitted by law. 
This is my Mission Statement, To educate the public about Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), its impact on affected individuals, families, and society as a whole - accomplishing this through public speaking engagements, web blogs, and the production of novel videos. To offer opportunities to individuals who have experienced TBI to play a role in educating the community at the local, statewide, and national level through public speaking engagements, learning the process of internet blogging, and acquiring skills in video production with the goal of generating employment opportunities for affected individuals. To open an art center for persons with disabilities as a way to improve their lives and to beautify the surrounding area. The center would also serve to increase these individuals’ participation in their community.Watch our first show on Vimeo.com .

 

REGISTRATION
BROADEN YOUR WORLD at THE wAYNE ART CENTER
Painting & CERAMICS FOR ALL PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES,

There Will Be at least Three Sessions Of Classes
(maybe more) 
Fall Classses
Winter Classes
Spring Classes

Classes will run Tuesdays 12pm-2pm
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Weather changes will be discussed in class
$25 Material Fee.
Please register early

 For more information contact Wayne Art Center
413 Maplewood Avenue
Wayne, PA 19087
Phone: 610-688-3553
Fax: 610-995-0478

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AVAILABLE TO ALL PERSONS WITH DISABILITES CARETAKERS, FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS
you can join these classes at any time


Free for Participants $25 Materials Fee 

 
------Hello my name is Jack,

I have been dealing with various issues related to my head injury over the past 30+ years. I was 16 years old when I was in a car accident, which left me in a coma for close to 4 months. When I was coming out since I was not sure of where I was at the time, I was pretty much soft spoken and trying to learn or re-learn things that were being shown to me. I did have a lot of persons ( family and friends ) coming to see me in the hospital trying to help jog my memory, which helped me to get where I am now.  I was able to return to the high school that I had been attending prior to my accident. I was an athlete and a good student prior to being in the auto accident. With the help of my family, teachers and therapists, I was able to graduate from high school. After graduation I attended various community colleges but, had no particular focus toward future goals. I have been able to develop a more global understanding of life as a person with a disability. Because there was little information about brain injury available at the time of my accident, I had to learn by trial and error that my limitations would allow.
Just to give some brief information about my personal history, in my family there is some knowledge of alcoholism and now my father works as a Drug and Alcohol counselor. By witnessing these changes in my father’s ( Jack Scanlan 04-02-1935  ~  03-02-2013 ) career path, I do feel that I am more aware of the situations on watching the recovery from, alcoholism from a counselor to other alcoholics. My mother and sisters have all been involved in professional vocations. I was able to pick up much of my personality and understanding information from them as they spoke about their careers and what they learned from their schooling
The injury caused me one good thing in particular that I was not able to understand right away. It slowed me down. It slowed me down physically - I had to relearn how to walk and speak and I had a lot of cognitive therapists, psychiatric and psychologic physicians that helped fine tune my thought processes. I have worked with many psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists and have been able to take from their procedures and funnel that into a more personal delivery. I have worked in many jobs and in doing so have met all kinds of people from every walk of life. I have benefited from these experiences by learning how to interact with many types of people.
Previous job experiences have led me to the understanding that there is more out there for me to do. I did do some public speaking prior and now feel that I will be able to interact with the speaking in a more helpful way. That is why I am developing this non profit organization - to be able to offer my services to those who are in need of direction for moving positively forward in life
I feel, now that it’s been over a quarter century since my accidentand since I have beeen able to retain and accumulated enough information to be able to start giving back to these persons that need some direction. I am not saying that I am the answer to all of life’s problems, but I feel that having gone through the experiences first hand, that I have, we can make some better decisions in our future plans. Another thing that I have done is put some programs on Public Access T.V. I will be discussing traumatic brain injury as well as other disabilities. Some interviews with area employers and any individuals who would like to voice their opinions.Tredyffrin township public access TV has enabled me to air programs that, I hope, will change the overall viewing of persons with disabilities. My first show was an introduction to who I am and where I strive to go with the futures of disability relations and acceptance. The acceptance needs to move forward, in a positive way, of course for the persons with the disabilities but, also for the ‘non disabled’ community. This can be done by others not feeling uneasy when around persons with disabilities ( Because, our disabilities are NOT contagious!) I was able to put out a new show with my friends Shane, Justin, Scott and Gene about the Fighting Back program. This program has helped me and many other persons continue to move ahead with their recovery. I look to doing many more shows to help with recovery and acceptance. Please, if you have the opportunity, watch JackWords on public access.

FUNDRAISER
INFO.
f"Sunday, December 11, I hosted a fundraising effort for the Fighting Back
Scholarship Program in Malvern at Totaro's Restaurant in Conshohocken.  I
displayed most of my artwork that I have painted over the years and Cortiva
Institue - Pennsylvania School of Massage Therapy of King of Prussia donated
chair massages and gift certificates.  Justin Dennis of DSC Legends
donated sports memorabilia including classic sports photographs and other
vintage sports items.  My friend, Andrew Totaro, hosted the event at his
restaurant and featured special pricing for those who attended.  I hope to
make this a regular event and I am looking forward to working with the
Fighting Back Scholarship Program in the future."

Please make donations payable to:
Fighting Back Scholarship Program, Inc.
c/o Paolantonio 221 S. Valley Forge Road Devon, PA 19333
Tele: 610-688-8868 • Fax: 610-889-0728

The framing donated by The Artful Framer 32West Lancaster Ave.• Paoli, PA 19301 • Tel: 610.644.3131
(Paoli West Center, between South Valley Road and Paoli Pike)
his event we will be selling memorabilia,( by Dennis Sports ) selling some framed paintingsby Jack Scanlan and offering 3 chairmassage stations donated by Cortiva's Professional Massage Therapy of King of Prussia,PA.
 We will also be at Totaro's and they are a revered restaurant voted 'Very Good to Excellent' by the Zagat Re

Jack and Andrew Totaro

Jack and Justin Dennis

Jack and Cortiva

For more information and registration go to http://www.wayneart.org/or email: [email protected] For brain injury discussion go to Jack Scanlan’s email address at http://jaxwords.blogspot.com/