Girl Doc Survival Guide
Girl Doc Survival Guide
Christine J Ko, MD
EP223: Navigating Normalcy: Insights with Dr. Maria Stella Bonn
13 minutes Posted Jun 17, 2026 at 4:00 am.
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Redefining “Normal” After Traumatic Brain Injury: Dr. Maria Stella Bonn on Disability, Advocacy, and Checklists On The Girl Doc Survival Guide, Dr. Maria Stella Bonn, Associate Professor of Information Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, discusses her 2011 bicycle accident–related traumatic brain injury and her writing on disability and “normal,” including the idea that everyone’s baseline varies. She reflects on unpredictable health changes, including a breast cancer di...