Archive for October, 2011

The Struggle for a Proper Assessment of Severe Brain Injury Deficits

Posted on October 31st, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

This entry is part 14 of 20 in the series Steven Steven - Part Fourteen By Attorney Gordon Johnson 800-992-9447   You said you  finally had a neuropsychological evaluation done, that you paid for out of your own pocket? Yes, sir. Tell me about that. I had to go to my..
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Pilot Program Aims To Help Vets Live With TBI

Posted on October 30th, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

“Brain injury is … a lifelong condition.” Truer words have never been spoken. In this case, the quote is from Cynthia Boyer, senior clinical director for Bancroft NeuroHealth in Haddonfield, N.J. Her remark comes from a Page One story that The Star-Ledger of Newark published earlier this month on a pilot rehab program..
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Advocates Intervention Gets Social Security for Severely Brain Injured

Posted on October 28th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

This entry is part 13 of 20 in the series Steven Steven Part Thirteen By Attorney Gordon Johnson 800-992-9447   As discussed previously in Part Eight, only incompetency or neglect could have resulted in someone so clearly eligible, being denied Social Security Disability Income, (SSDI).  Bill’s intervention for Steven also..
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School Administrator Becomes Advocate for Severely Brain Injured

Posted on October 27th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

This entry is part 12 of 20 in the series Steven Steven - Part Twelve By Attorney Gordon Johnson 800-992-9447   Bill Wright was the difference maker in Steven’s life.  Bill is the director at the Technology Center, where Steven went to school for two years. Bill, what’s the Technology Center?..
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Steven – The Process of Learning After a Severe Brain Injury

Posted on October 26th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

This entry is part 11 of 20 in the series Steven Part Eleven By Attorney Gordon Johnson 800-992-9447   I took some time with Steven to focus on the process of learning to fix a car and the process of actually fixing a car.  The goal was to learn something..
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Steven – Opportunity for School Re-Opened the World After Severe TBI

Posted on October 25th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

This entry is part 10 of 20 in the series Steven Part Ten By Attorney Gordon Johnson 800-992-9447   It strikes me that you’ve had one sort of bright spot over the last six years which is this return to school, is that accurate? Yes sir. How did you get..
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The Poverty and the Scandal of Being Lost in Our Disability System

Posted on October 24th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

This entry is part 9 of 20 in the series Steven Steven - Part Nine By Attorney Gordon Johnson 800-992-9447 As I understand it you were a triple trauma individual: You had significant physical injuries; you had a significant brain injury that caused you to be in a coma; and at..
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NFL Claims Concussion Study Will Be More Scientific Than Prior

Posted on October 22nd, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

The National Football League’s next study of the long-term impact of concussions on players will be more expansive than its first effort, which was lambasted by Congress and independent physicians, according to The New York Times. In fact, one of the doctors leading the new research initiative joined the chorus of..
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Steven – Getting Turned Down for Social Security for Being “Too Smart”

Posted on October 21st, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

This entry is part 8 of 20 in the series Steven Part Eight By Attorney Gordon Johnson 800-992-9447   Are you on Social Security Disability now? It took five and a half years.  Yes, sir.  That’s why she initially walked out.  It literally was right after my second denial, and..
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Steven – Outpatient Therapy Funded Until COBRA Ran Out

Posted on October 20th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

This entry is part 7 of 20 in the series Steven Part Seven By Attorney Gordon Johnson 800-992-9447 We’ve talked about the physical things that you’ve had problems.  At what point were you able to actually start to walk unassisted? I just recently started walking unassisted without my knee brace..
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