A traumatic brain injury, also known as a TBI, is an injury to the brain from a force, mechanical in nature. This brain injury generally leads to an impairment of some sort that causes the person a physical, cognitive or psychosocial disability.

Along with this impairment the person will generally suffer from a diminished state of consciousness.

Also known as a brain injury this type of injury is measured within 48 hours of occurrence on a scale that is known as the GCS or Glasgow Coma Scale. This scale will enable the medical profession to …

Dyslexia is a learning difficulty that affects people of all ages. Just as with other disabilities, early detection of the condition and early intervention are beneficial to the person with the disability. However, this is not always the case with dyslexia.

An Overlooked Beginning

Most of the time, the beginnings of dyslexia is overlooked, which is the reason why a lot of cases are only diagnosed during adulthood. To think of it, in present culture when a child has not yet learned to fluently read by the age of ten or eleven years, he or she …

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder that is marked by recurring and intrusive thoughts or impulses that are accompanied by repeated attempts to suppress them through irrational and ritualistic behavior or mental acts. The obsessive part of the condition are the thoughts or impulses while the behaviors done to alleviate the fears and thoughts are the compulsions.

These obsessions and compulsions take up a large amount of the time of the sufferer on a daily basis will usually cause significant emotional distress. These lead to difficulties in relationships with others, social situations …

Driving is an important piece maintaining an independent lifestyle and integrating back into the community. We often take our ability to drive for granted and it’s easy to forget that driving is one of the most dangerous things we do in our every day lives. Once an individual has sustained a traumatic brain injury that skill can become even more dangerous.

A brain injury can affect the skills which are required for an individual to drive safely. The injured person, family members and health care professionals should all be included in the important …

Going back to work following a traumatic brain injury is usually one of the main goals of the brain injury survivor. It is a life scale that will decrease the risk of depression and other emotional instability that can happen following a dramatic brain injury. Unfortunately, those who suffer from a traumatic brain injury, whether it is mild, moderate or severe, will often experience cognitive difficulties and behavioral and emotional disabilities following the injury.

Individuals who have the option of returning to the workplace will have to work through the cognitive, emotional and behavioral …