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Full Independence in the Home after TBI(2)

January 16, 2010

Survivors with very severe injuries cannot be left alone at home because their judgment is so impaired that they cannot stay safe without some distant supervision. Survivors with mild head injuries generally have no trouble being home alone, or managing their own homes. In between these two extremes are people who leave the hospital unready [...]

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Introduction: Start Here!

This guidebook explains basic information about fixing a traumatic brain injury (TBI). The professional world has only gotten good at treating TBI since 1974, which at this writing is 34 years ago. I began to study neuropsychology in 1980 and brain rehabilitation in 1981. Brain rehabilitation has always been done in a hospital, clinic, or [...]

CHAPTER ONE: Learing About The Injury

1. “I have a head injury that damaged my brain and changed my life.” 2. “Hope and prayer can give me strength, but I’m the only one who can fix my life.” 3. “My injury hides itself from me, but I can teach myself to see what it’s doing to me.” Head-injury survivors can spend [...]

Shocking Developments in Research on TBI…

Three years ago, Terry Wallis amazed the medical world by coming out of a coma after 19 years. He not only became responsive, but able to speak and interact and even recognize his mother. This kind of late recovery is unexpected and our present science struggles to explain it. Terry was transported to Robert wood [...]


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