Background

Growing up in Southern NH, Jim had many friends and was blessed with a loving and supportive family. Admittedly, not always the best student; Jim followed his older sister's (Aimee) being named Valedictorian as the subsequent grade's class clown. After attending a few different colleges he landed at the University of Tampa. In April of 2005, his younger brother (Andy) sustained a spinal cord injury after a balcony fall. Returning to school for his senior year, Jim graduated in May of 2006 with an Economics degree.

Starting over

After returning home from Florida, Jim moved to his parents' house in Cape Neddick, ME. On July 3rd, 2006 after partying in his childhood hometown, Jim drove drunk crashing into the woods in Durham, NH. Lucky to have survived, he would spend 6 weeks in Boston's Beth Israel's ICU in a minimally conscious state with a severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Released for 6 more weeks of inpatient rehabilitation at Boston's amazing Spaulding Rehab, Jim made phenomenal progress before discharging to his parents' home.

Fortunate for the opportunity to focus on recovery, he began outpatient therapy first in Kennebunk, ME at River Ridge before enrolling in Portsmouth (NH) Regional Hospital's wonderful Neuro-Day Rehab program. After "graduating" the program in 2008, Jim became a member of Krempels Center (KC), located on Portsmouth's Community Campus. It was in KC's community-based day program that he truly started to build a "New Life After Brain Injury".
Now more than 14 years post-injury, Jim is building on the community outreach he began as part of KC's "community education" group. Jim lives in Portsmouth with his adorable 4 legged son Clooney! After working in various financial services related jobs, when in 2015 his family launched a 100% cause-based animal nutrition company, Jim excitedly joined RAWZ Natural Pet Food. After experiencing the love and support of their family dog, Boomer, and witnessing the amazing services both sons' received post injury, the Scott's donate all of RAWZ's profits to providing service dogs, and to brain or spinal cord injury causes.

Speaking Engagements

Speaking

In The News

Background

Krempels Center

To think that I can amply convey my gratitude for, while adequately describing the magic of Krempels Center (KC) in a short blog post is not realistic. However, having become such a huge part of my life and inspiring the MTSB initiative, here goes...
Background

More Than a Speed Bump

Since this is MTSB’s first post, perhaps it would be helpful for me to give a brief biographical context for this blog. On July 4th, 2006, at 23 years old I drove drunk, crashing into the woods sustaining a Traumatic Brain Injury.
Gratitude

So Many “G” Words

Most of us are familiar with the human emotions of Guilt and Gratitude. Upon hearing the words, I can’t help but feel as though each feeling can often result from similar events when viewed from different perspectives.
Blog

Working with Jim

Jim Scott's presentation about his life before and after a traumatic brain injury is heart-breaking, heart-warming, powerful, and inspirational. His presentation style is authentic and meaningful. Jim's storytelling and sense of humor make his life lessons accessible, relatable, and relevant to our students.

Kathy Stoker, Westborough High School English/Psychology in Literature/Journalism teacher

Jim Scott and John Rackley are two of the VIP speakers in the ThinkFirst for Teens program. Jim suffered a traumatic brain injury as a result of a ‘drunk driving’ car accident, while John sustained a spinal cord injury from a trampoline accident. Jim, John and the other guest speakers bring a powerful message to the students regarding risk-taking behaviors and living with the long-term consequences of those behaviors.

Northeast Rehab

Jim is an exceptional speaker who shares his experience of living with a traumatic brain injury. He is relatable, compassionate, funny and keeps audiences of all ages engaged. He inspires his listeners to make healthy choices. His passion to make an impact is evident through his leadership role at the Krempels Center in Portsmouth NH and his dedication to the ThinkFirst Injury Prevention Program. I highly encourage listening to this story. He has the ability to influence generations to come.

Zoe McLean OT and ThinkFirst Program Director/Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital (Portsmouth NH)

Journey with Jim

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