All posts tagged 'brain injury attorney'

Department of Defense Treats Brain Injured Vets as Defense Lawyers Do

Posted on May 21st, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

I have always called it the Defense of Misdirection. This year, is an election year, and I have an easier term for people to understand: SPIN. Spin is what defense attorney’s do. They spin everything, ignoring the obvious and coming up with some type of misdirection to disregard the diagnosis..
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TBI Survivor Uses Internet to Assist Brain Injury Disability – Part II

Posted on May 6th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Yesterday, a former client of mine, began this two part series on how to use the internet to help connect with those who were willing to assist her in accommodating her disability. Today, she addresses the question she ended yesterday’s blog with: What do I do so that my friends..
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Another Service Dog Story

Posted on May 1st, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

It is no surprise to me, that people are more open talking about their pets than themselves. We often enjoy hearing about them more too.. On May 1, 2008, at 7:50 PM, PR Latenser wrote: I noted your blog comments where you defended service dogs… Let me tell you about..
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Patterns of Footprints of Brain Injury

Posted on April 18th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Diagnosing brain injury in absence of a continuing loss of consciousness, is a matter of triangulating behavioral observations, scientific test results and objective measuring tools for the change in function correlated with brain injury. The most important piece of the diagnostic puzzle is the clinical judgment of a doctor experienced..
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CDC Acute Concussion Evaluation – Improved Process

Posted on April 3rd, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Included in the CDC Facts for Physicians Toolkit, http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/tbi/physicians_tool_kit.htm but not as conspicuous as I believe it should be is the Acute Concussion Evaluation (“ACE”) Form. Click here to go directly to such form: http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/tbi/ACE.pdf This form is a major step forward and I wish that it was used comprehensively..
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Amnesia and Brain Injury

Posted on March 25th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

There is no more important issue for the diagnosis and determination of prognosis after a brain injury than the length and severity of amnesia. Amnesia is defined as the loss of memory for events, both before and after the accident. Loss of memory for events before the accident is called..
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