Archive for October, 2011

Real World after Severe Brain Injury: Steven Part Six Steven was single at the time of his accident. He lived with roommates, who could not be expected to become caregivers.  He was completely alienated from his family.  Regardless of how much his ADL’s were prioritized in his therapy before discharge, he..
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Physical Side of the Brain Injury Disability: Steven Part Five   On the physical side of the brain injury, brain injury is not just a cognitive disability.  As the brain also runs the nervous system, the muscle, every organ, most severe brain injury comes with some significant physical disability.  At almost every support..
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Amnesia Ends as He Leaves the Trauma Center: Steven Part Four In part four of Steven’s story we talk about how long of Steven’s amnesia was and when his amnesia ends. I focus much of our TBI Voices inquiries around amnesia for specific reasons. First, I believe that it is the best..
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Life Before Traumatic Brain Injury: Steven Part Three At 27 for many modern adults, family doesn’t really matter.  Like so many young men of his age, he had roommates, an occasional girlfriend and parents were a non-factor.  But making do in life without family after a severe injury is another matter...
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Severe Brain Injury Complications: Steven Part Two In most cases, especially when there is a family member that we can interview, our participants have a pretty complete understanding of what injuries and severe brain injury complications they suffered.  Not only did Steven not have a family member involved in his rehab, he..
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Severe Brain Injury Survivor: Steven Part One Any professional who deals with human suffering has to build a wall around their personal feelings, or they would be unable to do the job.  Each day, each client, each patient, each severe brain injury survivor brings so much sadness, that if you got caught up..
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