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ysabetwordsmithHere are the character notes for "The Philosophy of the Sandwich" Part 1.
Workshop leaders:
Karen Elder, manager of Fuck Yeah Loaves and Fishes
Ahimsa (Abhram Beste) from the Dobutsu Kannon Temple of Animal Care (vegan, wearing pink Plant Based T-shirt over khakis)
Rozeve Pave (Raaziah Priel) from the Tikkun Olam Collective in Hanson Hall, for The Generous Jew as well as Ruth and Naomi's Place (wearing purple Kosher Cutie T-shirt over jeans)
Workshop participants:
Shiv
Esmerée Bridges (wearing yellow T-shirt with green fig leaves over yellow and green skirt) with her son Darian (3, wearing blue Chromosomally Enhanced T-shirt over jeans) and a daughter Beatrice (1) who all have Down syndrome
Noelie Sheffield from at All Life Is Precious
Marian Wildrose (wearing purple T-shirt with Support Neurodiversity -- Support people with FASD) with her Fetal Alcohol Syndrome grandchildren boy Jason Harms (10), boy Morris Harms (8), and girl Kellie Harms (6)
Nick Thatcher from Nick's Thrifts (Post-Traumatic Brain Injury Syndrome)
Ellna Saffelder (missing left hand, uses mouth as extra hand)
Ellison Gable (50, historian), his wife Livy Gable (40, children's librarian), son Beckett Gable (6, academic), son Chandler Gable (5, quiet worker), daughter Shelley Gable (3, hyper), daughter Joyce Gable (1, observant), and Livy is currently 6 months pregnant
Work stations:
Leaders -- left side of island with 6-hob gas range and gas oven
Ellison Gable (50, historian), his wife Livy Gable (40, children's librarian), son Beckett Gable (6, academic), son Chandler Gable (5, quiet worker), daughter Shelley Gable (3, hyper), daughter Joyce Gable (1, observant), and Livy is currently 6 months pregnant -- adjustable height worktop with induction range and prep sink, electric oven is on peninsula
Shiv, Noelie, Nick, and Ellna -- peninsula with 4-hob induction range
and electric oven
Esmerée Bridges (wearing yellow T-shirt with green fig leaves over yellow and green skirt) with her son Darian (3, wearing blue Chromosomally Enhanced T-shirt over jeans) and a daughter Beatrice (1) who all have Down syndrome -- lower right corner with 4-hob induction range, electric oven, and prep sink
Marian Wildrose (wearing purple T-shirt with Support Neurodiversity -- Support people with FASD) with her Fetal Alcohol Syndrome grandchildren boy Jason Harms (10), boy Morris Harms (8), and girl Kellie Harms (6) -- right side of island with 4-hob induction range
Karen Elder -- She has pinkish-fair skin, brown eyes, and wavy auburn hair cut short. Her heritage includes American, French, Jewish, and Palestinian. She speaks English and French. She is 54 years old in 2016.
Karen is married with two sons, two daughters, and nine grandchildren. She tends to worry about them a lot, and other people around her. Karen lives in Omaha, Nebraska. There she manages the food pantry Fuck Yeah Loaves and Fishes. In addition to handing out food, she also teaches workshops on cooking and nutrition. Karen has dyslexia, which can make reading or writing a challenge, but enhances her creativity, so that balances out. She likes practical women's clothes. Her base colors are navy and white, accented with olive and rust, plus cool-weather wear.
Qualities: Good (+2) Constitution, Good (+2) Crafty, Good (+2) Emotional Intelligence, Good (+2) Food Pantry Manager, Good (+2) Mother
Poor (-2) Worrywort
Rozeve Pave's T-shirt Kosher Cutie
Esmerée's T-shirt Yellow with Green Fig Leaves
Esmerée's Skirt Yellow and Green with Mirrors
Marian Wildrose's T-shirt Support Neurodiversity FASD purple
Nick Thatcher -- He has pinkish-fair skin, brown eyes, and short curly brown hair. He is tall and sturdy. A high school football injury left him with Post-Traumatic Brain Injury Syndrome, and he has a scar high on the left side of his forehead running back into his scalp. His heritage is American; he speaks English. He is 30 years old in 2016.
Nick grew up in Omaha, Nebraska and has family all over the surrounding counties. He played football as a defensive lineman until fall of his senior year, when he wound up at the bottom of a fumble pile. It left him with a serious head injury, primarily affecting the left side of the frontal lobe. Recovery took months, and Nick missed much of the school year. Eventually, he healed enough to attend summer school and later took the GED test.
As a result, his family looked for a job that Nick could do and enjoy, which would accommodate his needs. He tried several menial jobs but didn't like any of them. However, he developed a growing interest in activism for brain injury survivors, neurodiversity, and other people with invisible disabilities. That inspired the family to help him launch Nick's Thrifts. In addition to taking donations and providing cheap goods for low-income people, the store also employs people with post-TBI and helps them learn job skills. It holds meetings for the Bandaid Brain support group.
Nick has a variable disability with post-TBI symptoms that include difficulty concentrating on or sequencing tasks, expressive language, problem-solving, and other mental issues; mood swings and other emotional challenges; occasional headaches and sleep disturbances. Sometimes his language center takes a vacation and he goes nonverbal. Nick has good days and bad days, so what he can do at the thrift store varies accordingly, but there's always something if he's well enough to work at all. Some days he works the cash register or helps shoppers find what they want. Other days he just hands out shopping carts or folds clothes. It's a family business, so he has plenty of support.
Among his hobbies, Nick still enjoys watching and talking about sports. He has a good sense of humor. He favors practical menswear, usually in dull colors so that it mixes and matches easily without clashing. He likes camouflage and tops with funny sayings. He often wears social alert buttons so people know what his body and brain are doing (or not doing) that day.
Qualities: Good (+2) Activist, Good (+2) Big and Tall, Good (+2) Kinesthetic Intelligence, Good (+2) Sense of Humor, Good (+2) Thrift Store Owner
Poor (-2) Post-Traumatic Brain Injury Syndrome
The gore, guts and horror of an NFL fumble pile
Football Player Positions and Sizes
Post-Traumatic Brain Injury Syndrome, also known as PTBIS, is a set of symptoms that a person may experience for weeks, months, years or life after a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Some symptoms may manifest a substantial period of time (months or years) after TBI. PTBIS may occur subsequent to mild, moderate, and severe cases of traumatic brain injury. The condition can cause a variety of symptoms: cognitive, such as difficulty attending, concentrating, executing, focusing, judging, processing, remembering, speaking, tracking, or understanding; behavioral, such as emotional lability, irritability, mood swings, or outbursts; or physical, such as endocrine dysfunction, fatigue, headache, incontinency, nausea, seizures, sleep disorders, or tinnitus. There are many other possible symptoms. Disorders associated with PTBIS might also include but not be limited to perceptual-motor disorders, somatosensory disorders or vestibular disorders. PTBIS might also periodically cause secondary psychiatric disorders, such as depression or isolating behaviors, to exhibit. Diseases associated with PTBIS might include early onset Alzheimer’s disease or early onset Parkinson’s disease. There is no treatment for PTBIS itself; however, symptoms can be treated. It is partially known what causes PTBIS. Physiological brain damage from traumatic brain injury causes PTBIS.
A guide to left hemisphere brain damage
Frontal Lobe Brain Injury
Personalized Brain Injury Map
Going Nonverbal
Bandaid Brain is a nonprofit organization for survivors of traumatic brain injury and their families which provides support groups, networking, reviews of treatments and practitioners, and other resources. Their symbol is a brain with a bandaid on it. In addition to stock images, they actually have software that lets people make custom images by choosing a brain image, choosing a bandage image, and then putting the bandage over the spot of their own injury. The images can then be printed on t-shirts, mugs, buttons, etc. In T-America many folks wear a Bandaid Brain image captioned "PTBI" (Post Traumatic Brain Injury), "TBI Survivor," "Brain Injury Survivor," etc. if they are symptomatic enough that it helps people understand why they act that way, or if they're activists seeking to raise awareness.
Brain Bandaid Pink
Pink and Blue
Red and Gray
Social Alert Button Brain Fog
Social Alert Button I Have Brain Injury
Social alert buttons carry messages to aid communication and courtesy, things that people may be unable or uncomfortable to say aloud. This shop sells many of them.
Capsule Wardrobe Mens Basics
Ellna Saffelder -- She has fair skin, brown eyes, and long wavy hair of dark blonde that bleaches pale in the sun. She is short and slender. She has severe symbrachydactyly, with her left arm ending at the wrist and only a small nubbin of thumb; her right hand is fully formed. Her heritage is American; she speaks English. She is 25 years old in 2016.
Ellna grew up in the small town of Yutan, Nebraska across the Platte River from the western outskirts of Omaha. She was born without a left hand, but she managed to compensate by using her right hand and mouth together, sometimes adding her left wrist and thumb nubbin. She just thinks of her mouth as another hand, which gives her a different perspective on the world; she is quite good at figuring out ways to do things. It makes people stare, though.
After graduating from high school, Ellna moved to Omaha in search of better job opportunities. She wound up working at Better Links, an organization that networks goods and services for people with disabilities. A majority of the staff there are also disabled.
As a hobby, Ellna enjoys cooking. She prefers casual women's wear that minimizes buttons and other fussy details. Her base colors are beige, gray, and white accented with butter yellow and pale green plus gray accessories and beige accessories.
Qualities: Good (+2) Cook, Good (+2) Disability Service Coordinator, Good (+2) Inspiring Others, Good (+2) Kinesthetic Intellligence, Good (+2) Stamina
Poor (-2) People Are Staring
Underdeveloped Hand (Symbrachydactyly)
Babies born with symbrachydactyly have small or missing fingers. They also may have webbed fingers or a short hand or forearm.
• Severe symbrachydactyly: The baby has either a partial thumb or no thumb and no fingers.
Yutan is a city in Saunders County, Nebraska, United States.
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As of the census of 2010, there were 1,174 people, 432 households, and 324 families living in the city.
Workshop leaders:
Karen Elder, manager of Fuck Yeah Loaves and Fishes
Ahimsa (Abhram Beste) from the Dobutsu Kannon Temple of Animal Care (vegan, wearing pink Plant Based T-shirt over khakis)
Rozeve Pave (Raaziah Priel) from the Tikkun Olam Collective in Hanson Hall, for The Generous Jew as well as Ruth and Naomi's Place (wearing purple Kosher Cutie T-shirt over jeans)
Workshop participants:
Shiv
Esmerée Bridges (wearing yellow T-shirt with green fig leaves over yellow and green skirt) with her son Darian (3, wearing blue Chromosomally Enhanced T-shirt over jeans) and a daughter Beatrice (1) who all have Down syndrome
Noelie Sheffield from at All Life Is Precious
Marian Wildrose (wearing purple T-shirt with Support Neurodiversity -- Support people with FASD) with her Fetal Alcohol Syndrome grandchildren boy Jason Harms (10), boy Morris Harms (8), and girl Kellie Harms (6)
Nick Thatcher from Nick's Thrifts (Post-Traumatic Brain Injury Syndrome)
Ellna Saffelder (missing left hand, uses mouth as extra hand)
Ellison Gable (50, historian), his wife Livy Gable (40, children's librarian), son Beckett Gable (6, academic), son Chandler Gable (5, quiet worker), daughter Shelley Gable (3, hyper), daughter Joyce Gable (1, observant), and Livy is currently 6 months pregnant
Work stations:
Leaders -- left side of island with 6-hob gas range and gas oven
Ellison Gable (50, historian), his wife Livy Gable (40, children's librarian), son Beckett Gable (6, academic), son Chandler Gable (5, quiet worker), daughter Shelley Gable (3, hyper), daughter Joyce Gable (1, observant), and Livy is currently 6 months pregnant -- adjustable height worktop with induction range and prep sink, electric oven is on peninsula
Shiv, Noelie, Nick, and Ellna -- peninsula with 4-hob induction range
and electric oven
Esmerée Bridges (wearing yellow T-shirt with green fig leaves over yellow and green skirt) with her son Darian (3, wearing blue Chromosomally Enhanced T-shirt over jeans) and a daughter Beatrice (1) who all have Down syndrome -- lower right corner with 4-hob induction range, electric oven, and prep sink
Marian Wildrose (wearing purple T-shirt with Support Neurodiversity -- Support people with FASD) with her Fetal Alcohol Syndrome grandchildren boy Jason Harms (10), boy Morris Harms (8), and girl Kellie Harms (6) -- right side of island with 4-hob induction range
Karen Elder -- She has pinkish-fair skin, brown eyes, and wavy auburn hair cut short. Her heritage includes American, French, Jewish, and Palestinian. She speaks English and French. She is 54 years old in 2016.
Karen is married with two sons, two daughters, and nine grandchildren. She tends to worry about them a lot, and other people around her. Karen lives in Omaha, Nebraska. There she manages the food pantry Fuck Yeah Loaves and Fishes. In addition to handing out food, she also teaches workshops on cooking and nutrition. Karen has dyslexia, which can make reading or writing a challenge, but enhances her creativity, so that balances out. She likes practical women's clothes. Her base colors are navy and white, accented with olive and rust, plus cool-weather wear.
Qualities: Good (+2) Constitution, Good (+2) Crafty, Good (+2) Emotional Intelligence, Good (+2) Food Pantry Manager, Good (+2) Mother
Poor (-2) Worrywort
Rozeve Pave's T-shirt Kosher Cutie
Esmerée's T-shirt Yellow with Green Fig Leaves
Esmerée's Skirt Yellow and Green with Mirrors
Marian Wildrose's T-shirt Support Neurodiversity FASD purple
Nick Thatcher -- He has pinkish-fair skin, brown eyes, and short curly brown hair. He is tall and sturdy. A high school football injury left him with Post-Traumatic Brain Injury Syndrome, and he has a scar high on the left side of his forehead running back into his scalp. His heritage is American; he speaks English. He is 30 years old in 2016.
Nick grew up in Omaha, Nebraska and has family all over the surrounding counties. He played football as a defensive lineman until fall of his senior year, when he wound up at the bottom of a fumble pile. It left him with a serious head injury, primarily affecting the left side of the frontal lobe. Recovery took months, and Nick missed much of the school year. Eventually, he healed enough to attend summer school and later took the GED test.
As a result, his family looked for a job that Nick could do and enjoy, which would accommodate his needs. He tried several menial jobs but didn't like any of them. However, he developed a growing interest in activism for brain injury survivors, neurodiversity, and other people with invisible disabilities. That inspired the family to help him launch Nick's Thrifts. In addition to taking donations and providing cheap goods for low-income people, the store also employs people with post-TBI and helps them learn job skills. It holds meetings for the Bandaid Brain support group.
Nick has a variable disability with post-TBI symptoms that include difficulty concentrating on or sequencing tasks, expressive language, problem-solving, and other mental issues; mood swings and other emotional challenges; occasional headaches and sleep disturbances. Sometimes his language center takes a vacation and he goes nonverbal. Nick has good days and bad days, so what he can do at the thrift store varies accordingly, but there's always something if he's well enough to work at all. Some days he works the cash register or helps shoppers find what they want. Other days he just hands out shopping carts or folds clothes. It's a family business, so he has plenty of support.
Among his hobbies, Nick still enjoys watching and talking about sports. He has a good sense of humor. He favors practical menswear, usually in dull colors so that it mixes and matches easily without clashing. He likes camouflage and tops with funny sayings. He often wears social alert buttons so people know what his body and brain are doing (or not doing) that day.
Qualities: Good (+2) Activist, Good (+2) Big and Tall, Good (+2) Kinesthetic Intelligence, Good (+2) Sense of Humor, Good (+2) Thrift Store Owner
Poor (-2) Post-Traumatic Brain Injury Syndrome
The gore, guts and horror of an NFL fumble pile
Football Player Positions and Sizes
Post-Traumatic Brain Injury Syndrome, also known as PTBIS, is a set of symptoms that a person may experience for weeks, months, years or life after a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Some symptoms may manifest a substantial period of time (months or years) after TBI. PTBIS may occur subsequent to mild, moderate, and severe cases of traumatic brain injury. The condition can cause a variety of symptoms: cognitive, such as difficulty attending, concentrating, executing, focusing, judging, processing, remembering, speaking, tracking, or understanding; behavioral, such as emotional lability, irritability, mood swings, or outbursts; or physical, such as endocrine dysfunction, fatigue, headache, incontinency, nausea, seizures, sleep disorders, or tinnitus. There are many other possible symptoms. Disorders associated with PTBIS might also include but not be limited to perceptual-motor disorders, somatosensory disorders or vestibular disorders. PTBIS might also periodically cause secondary psychiatric disorders, such as depression or isolating behaviors, to exhibit. Diseases associated with PTBIS might include early onset Alzheimer’s disease or early onset Parkinson’s disease. There is no treatment for PTBIS itself; however, symptoms can be treated. It is partially known what causes PTBIS. Physiological brain damage from traumatic brain injury causes PTBIS.
A guide to left hemisphere brain damage
Frontal Lobe Brain Injury
Personalized Brain Injury Map
Going Nonverbal
Bandaid Brain is a nonprofit organization for survivors of traumatic brain injury and their families which provides support groups, networking, reviews of treatments and practitioners, and other resources. Their symbol is a brain with a bandaid on it. In addition to stock images, they actually have software that lets people make custom images by choosing a brain image, choosing a bandage image, and then putting the bandage over the spot of their own injury. The images can then be printed on t-shirts, mugs, buttons, etc. In T-America many folks wear a Bandaid Brain image captioned "PTBI" (Post Traumatic Brain Injury), "TBI Survivor," "Brain Injury Survivor," etc. if they are symptomatic enough that it helps people understand why they act that way, or if they're activists seeking to raise awareness.
Brain Bandaid Pink
Pink and Blue
Red and Gray
Social Alert Button Brain Fog
Social Alert Button I Have Brain Injury
Social alert buttons carry messages to aid communication and courtesy, things that people may be unable or uncomfortable to say aloud. This shop sells many of them.
Capsule Wardrobe Mens Basics
Ellna Saffelder -- She has fair skin, brown eyes, and long wavy hair of dark blonde that bleaches pale in the sun. She is short and slender. She has severe symbrachydactyly, with her left arm ending at the wrist and only a small nubbin of thumb; her right hand is fully formed. Her heritage is American; she speaks English. She is 25 years old in 2016.
Ellna grew up in the small town of Yutan, Nebraska across the Platte River from the western outskirts of Omaha. She was born without a left hand, but she managed to compensate by using her right hand and mouth together, sometimes adding her left wrist and thumb nubbin. She just thinks of her mouth as another hand, which gives her a different perspective on the world; she is quite good at figuring out ways to do things. It makes people stare, though.
After graduating from high school, Ellna moved to Omaha in search of better job opportunities. She wound up working at Better Links, an organization that networks goods and services for people with disabilities. A majority of the staff there are also disabled.
As a hobby, Ellna enjoys cooking. She prefers casual women's wear that minimizes buttons and other fussy details. Her base colors are beige, gray, and white accented with butter yellow and pale green plus gray accessories and beige accessories.
Qualities: Good (+2) Cook, Good (+2) Disability Service Coordinator, Good (+2) Inspiring Others, Good (+2) Kinesthetic Intellligence, Good (+2) Stamina
Poor (-2) People Are Staring
Underdeveloped Hand (Symbrachydactyly)
Babies born with symbrachydactyly have small or missing fingers. They also may have webbed fingers or a short hand or forearm.
• Severe symbrachydactyly: The baby has either a partial thumb or no thumb and no fingers.
Yutan is a city in Saunders County, Nebraska, United States.
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As of the census of 2010, there were 1,174 people, 432 households, and 324 families living in the city.
