applause ladies and gentlemen, shajila kershie!ng and welcome to the stage, thomas leeds! my name is thomas and i am a writer, which is something i never thought i would be able to do. what i love about writing is that i can give my stories a beginning, a middle and an end. they make sense. they feel complete. unlike my own life story. surprise, i have a brain injury. it is hard to tell, i know. i like to keep my brain on the inside. i survived a nasty road accident when i was 19. i was very luckyjust to wake up. i had broken my back, but though it was painful i could walk and talk, which was amazing. but a lot was missing. i was alive, but not the boy who had crossed the road that night. he was gone. i had lost my childhood memories. nowadays, you might not know that i have a disability. when i am having a good brain day, which is how i keep managing to blagging my way through adult life as if i have a clue what everyone is going on about. but other days, it can be hard. the scar tissue a brain cause me to have seizures and i can