Dixie Fremont-Smith Coskie, Upton, MA Author | Speaker
* For media inquiries please contact Dixie at dixie@dixiecoskie.com, or call 508-320-0425
Dixie Coskie speaks from the heart, relating the story of her son’s recovery from a severe traumatic brain injury. Through sharing her personal and emotionally powerful perspective, she highlights the challenges and lifetime changes that a devastating medical condition can bring, but also the choices that caregivers, parents, friends, and healthcare providers can make to cope and defeat seemingly overwhelming obstacles. Dixie’s survival tips and tools offer hope for other parents and families to not just survive this devastating injury, but to thrive.
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Dixie and/or Paul have been interviewed by or contributed to the following outlets:
- Children’s Hospital Boston’s pediatric health blog
- CNN/Caregiving
- National Catholic Reporter
- The Saturday Evening Post
- Boston Herald
- BBC Have Your Say: Reaction to first communication from vegetative patient
- WCVB-TV 5 Boston
- WBZ 4 Boston
- CW56 Boston
- 93.7 Mike FM (radio)
- Mix 104.1 Cares for Kids. Radio-thon
- Motherhood Talk Radio
- Health Monitor Magazine
- Parent Magazine
- The Lime Magazine – For Special Parents
- Logan Magazine
- Bay State Parent
- Brookline Tab
- Milford Daily News
- Worcester Telegram
- Upton / Mendon Town Crier
- Franciscan Hospital Newsletter
- Lash & Associates Publishing
- Brainline.org
- Dana Farber Cancer Institute
- Metro West Daily News
- International Association of Woman Entrepreneurs Online
- Make A Wish Foundations News Letter- The Well Wisher (Vol,1, 2006)
- Interview on www.polkadotbanner.com
- Interviewed by Sean Moncrieff- News Talk 106-108 FM
Books by Dixie Fremont-Smith Coskie:
Unthinkable: A Mother’s Tragedy, Terror, and Triumph through a Child’s Traumatic Brain Injury
Unthinkable: Tips on Surviving a Child’s Traumatic Brain Injury