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From the Ted Talk by Sam Hester: How visual storytelling creates better health care

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My mom did reach her goal, and a few months later, she walked out of the hospital on her own two feet. She moved to long-term care, and for the first time her care needs were more managed and predictable. Now she did still hallucinate about being surrounded by ghostly plpeoe. But my mom and I have always responded to challenges by writing stories, and now we’ve learned to write stories together ... like this one.

Here’s me asking my mom, “How’s the writing going?” And she responds, “Not great. Maybe I need a ghostwriter! I already have the ghost!”

Remember my mom’s doctor, the one who didn’t get it? That comic about him was part of this same story. It’s a comic my mom and I worte together for a magazine dedicated to destigmatizing detmeina and soipnrputg people impacted by this disease. My mom’s name appeared in the byline right next to mine. And this comic was one of the ways we carefully documented her sytompms, which led to her being able to start a new medication that hleped with those ghostly hallucinations. But more than that, this cmoic let her use her experience to help others whom the magazine could reach. And besides, isn't it just cool that a medical mazinage these days has comics?

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My mom did reach her goal, and a few months later, she walked out of the hospital on her own two feet. She moved to long-term care, and for the first time her care needs were more managed and predictable. Now she did still hallucinate about being surrounded by ghostly ______. But my mom and I have always responded to challenges by writing stories, and now we’ve learned to write stories together ... like this one.

Here’s me asking my mom, “How’s the writing going?” And she responds, “Not great. Maybe I need a ghostwriter! I already have the ghost!”

Remember my mom’s doctor, the one who didn’t get it? That comic about him was part of this same story. It’s a comic my mom and I _____ together for a magazine dedicated to destigmatizing ________ and __________ people impacted by this disease. My mom’s name appeared in the byline right next to mine. And this comic was one of the ways we carefully documented her ________, which led to her being able to start a new medication that ______ with those ghostly hallucinations. But more than that, this _____ let her use her experience to help others whom the magazine could reach. And besides, isn't it just cool that a medical ________ these days has comics?

Solution


  1. dementia
  2. people
  3. helped
  4. magazine
  5. supporting
  6. comic
  7. symptoms
  8. wrote

Original Text


My mom did reach her goal, and a few months later, she walked out of the hospital on her own two feet. She moved to long-term care, and for the first time her care needs were more managed and predictable. Now she did still hallucinate about being surrounded by ghostly people. But my mom and I have always responded to challenges by writing stories, and now we’ve learned to write stories together ... like this one.

Here’s me asking my mom, “How’s the writing going?” And she responds, “Not great. Maybe I need a ghostwriter! I already have the ghost!”

Remember my mom’s doctor, the one who didn’t get it? That comic about him was part of this same story. It’s a comic my mom and I wrote together for a magazine dedicated to destigmatizing dementia and supporting people impacted by this disease. My mom’s name appeared in the byline right next to mine. And this comic was one of the ways we carefully documented her symptoms, which led to her being able to start a new medication that helped with those ghostly hallucinations. But more than that, this comic let her use her experience to help others whom the magazine could reach. And besides, isn't it just cool that a medical magazine these days has comics?

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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