Friday, July 17, 2009

Can brains be saved?

You may think you don’t know anyone with a brain injury, but they’re all around you. One could be the person you see lose his temper with the store clerk because sports-induced concussions left him short-fused. Another could be your neighbor who keeps locking her keys in the car or the man who looks healthy but needs a few tries to push a revolving door. Despite its prevalence, brain injury bears a stigma. To many of the uninitiated, a person with Traumatic Brain Injury equals “slow” or “retarded.” Parade

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