Built by survivors, for survivors.
The UnNormal Foundation connects people living with brain injury and post-traumatic stress injury to others who have been there, and puts free, plain-language books and resources in their hands.
Supports people living with brain injury and their families and caregivers by connecting survivors to one another, providing free educational books, journals and handouts, and sharing survivor stories through podcasts, films and digital media.
Different fire, same fight.
Firefighters, veterans, nurses, kids in the back seat, parents at the kitchen table. The injury looks different every time. The fight to get your life back is the same.
Survivor-to-survivor peer network
Nobody understands like someone who has lived it. We connect survivors and caregivers with each other online and in person, starting in San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties.
Join the community →Free books, journals and handouts
Plain-language poetry, survival guides and large-print printables for survivors who can't afford them, and for the clinics and families that serve them.
See the books →Podcast and survivor stories
Different Fire, Same Fight, a podcast launching January 2027, plus survivor stories told in their own words on video, in print and online.
Tell your story →PTSI: injury, not disorder
Post-traumatic stress is an injury, and injuries can heal. Our awareness campaign helps first responders and families talk about it without shame.
Drink or Drive: Pick 1
A holiday campaign built on the true story of our advisor Michael Woodring, who drove drunk at 17 and has lived with a brain injury ever since.
DrinkOrDrive.org →Stay close.
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