All this talk of injury got us thinking about our own families, and students were asked to connect with an adult to see what experiences they had with injury. We began sharing out these conversations and documented these related phenomena:
We then began seeing that after some injuries, people don't always return back to their "normal." This got us thinking about what healing really is, and we changed our evolving definition to be:
We also began thinking about how if someone doesn't return to their "normal," they can still function in a similar way, but with an adaptation to help them communicate, move, eat or sense the world around them.
While we have so much we're curious about now, we decided it was time to begin thinking about all our questions that have been surfacing! Next steps, our Driving Question Board!