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HEAD INJURY IS THE FOREMOST CAUSE OF DEATH AND DISABILITY IN YOUNG PEOPLE. IN AN AGE OF INCREASED MOTORISATION AND VIOLENCE, HEAD INJURY IS A HEALTHCARE PROBLEM WHICH IS NOT GOING TO GO AWAY.
(Head Injury: Rehabilitation, Third Report 2000-2001 Session, The Health Select Committee House of Commons).
Our Brain is a very complex organ controlling our body and all of the elements of who we are, from our thoughts and memmory, to our behaviour and personality. If the Head receives a hard knock or sudden jolt the brain can be bruised, shaken or cut. This is known as traumatic brain injury or sometimes as a head injury.
Brain injury however it is caused, affects different people in different ways with each person having unique physical, emotional, intellectual or behavioural problems. The problems brain injury causes may not always be apparent. For this reason it is often referred to as a hidden disability.
These difficulties (which the person with a brain injury may not be aware of themselves) can be severely life restricting, and go largely unrecognised by the public, statutory authorities and non-expert professionals.
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