All posts in 'TBI Voices'

Shopping After Severe Brain Injury: Steven Part Sixteen Shopping after severe brain injury can become a combat zone.  Steven offered some insight into his problems with shopping after severe brain injury:   What else bothers you about grocery shopping after severe brain injury? Just the people.  Trying to keep up with..
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Environment Factors after a Severe Brain Injury: Steven Part Fifteen You were also talking about the environment in which the neuropsychological testing is given.  Now earlier today you sat in a lecture I gave and started to have real difficulty with the fluorescent lights which is one of the environment factors after..
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Assessment of Severe Brain Injury Deficits: Steven Part Fourteen In part fourteen we discussed the problems Steven had while he never really had an assessment of severe brain injury deficits. You said you  finally had a neuropsychological evaluation done for the assessment of severe brain injury deficits, that you paid for out..
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Social Security for Severely Brain Injury Survivors: Steven Part Thirteen 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) ,social security for severely brain injury survivors .  Bill’s intervention for Steven also made the difference..
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Advocate for Severe Brain Injury: Steven Part Twelve 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 became an advocate for severe brain injury. Bill, what’s the Technology Center? We’re a training school, in Tennessee. ..
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Learning After Severe Brain Injury: Steven Part Eleven   I took some time with Steven to focus on the process of learning after severe brain injury to fix a car and the process of actually fixing a car.  The goal was to learn something about what it’s like learning after severe..
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School After Severe Brain Injury: Steven Part Ten It strikes me that you’ve had one sort of bright spot over the last six years which is this return to school after severe brain injury, is that accurate? Yes sir. How did you get into school after severe brain injury, this technology center?..
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Lost in Our Disability System: Steven Part Nine Steven and discussed the extent of his injuries. It took Steven five and a half years to get social security disability.  A prime example of being lost in our disability system. As I understand it you were a triple trauma individual: You had significant..
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Social Security Disability: Steven Part Eight 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 I guess when she realized there wasn’t any money coming, it was time to..
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Outpatient Therapy After TBI: Steven Part Seven Regarding Steven’s outpatient therapy after TBI, it only lasted as long as his Cobra did. Obama Care came with so many compromises, it is unlikely to help in this situation, even when it does come into effect.  Like COBRA, as it is medical coverage..
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