Phone Call About the Accident: Lethan Part Two As we have talked to the mom’s and spouses, we have consistently heard the story of the shock, the unreality of the phone call about the accident or the knock on the door. Lethan’s mother’s story was what originally drew me to “Who Am..
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Themes of Brain Injury: Lethan Part One As we start our interviews with Lethan we are revisiting themes of brain injury. Lethan has a very unique way of telling about his brain injury in order to share with those who are survivors themselves. We started http://tbivoices.com with Lethan Candlish’s performance of “Who Am..
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Staying Positive After Brain Injury: Kevin Part Thirteen One of the most important things we learned from our interview with Kevin was the importance of Staying Positive After Brain Injury. Our discussion of frontal lobe challenges with Kevin continued as we talked about changes in routine and writing things down to assist..
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Two brain injury victims who made national headlines are showing signs that they are on the mend, but it remains to be seen how full their recoveries will be. First of all, Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head outside a Tucson supermarket in January, is making progress..
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Frontal Lobe Functioning: Kevin Part Twelve Not entirely due to Kevin’s fault, our interview wandered around a lot, with more focus on sports than brain injury symptomotology. That was partially due to technical problems we were having with the filming, but also because I wanted to explore Kevin’s cognitive strengths when..
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Medications After TBI: Kevin Part Eleven Another area where the absence of a collateral source of information about Kevin made it hard to get a feel for his actual functioning was in the area of his mood, emotions and medications after TBI. This is particularly difficult because of issues he has..
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After Severe TBI: Kevin Part Ten To help assess his current functioning after severe TBI, Kevin was asked about his normal day. Each week-day includes attendance at Paragon Industries, a program designed to serve people with disabilities. See http://paragoncommunity.com/ A Typical Day for Kevin After Severe TBI Do you get fatigued?..
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Cognitive Functioning: Kevin Part Nine Kevin’s world is not just spectating. While his living and ongoing treatment situation leaves him somewhat sheltered, he still has many areas where his cognitive functioning issues cause him difficulty. So you, your ability to remember things as important to you as sporting events isn’t bad. ..
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Spectating Based Cognitive Therapy: Kevin Part Eight My undergraduate major was in sports journalism and my minor in education. I had to take a teaching remedial reading class as part of my education program. I got the idea then that perhaps sports stories could be used to help inner city youths..
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Spectator Memory: Kevin Part Seven There were times in our interview that Kevin’s disability seemed quite significant. His memory, his speech, his insight were often impaired. Yet, that perception was significantly altered when I got him talking about his interests as a fan, of his two favorite Chicagosports teams and his..
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