Yesterday's 2 guest speakers in our class were very informative about ABIs & how their rehabilitation centers deal w/ different types of clients & their symptoms. I also had the privilege to visit 1 of the centers on Tuesday & met 3 of the clients that live there. I was amazed at how well they were doing - some even do their own shopping & cooking. 1 of the clients was in a work accident & had not spoken for 10 years, but then 1 day he just started speaking & hasn't stopped since! This is a good example of how our brain's plasticity does remarkable work.
While I was reading a magazine at the dr's office yesterday, I came across an article about a device for amnesia patients called Sensacam (it took me back to our class discussion about amnesia patients, and how some cannot remember the day before). Sensecam is a camera that a patient wears like a necklace, & it takes pictures every 30 secs. The patient can download & review the pictures - it can possibly help stimulate memories. It's not a cure for amnesia, but the pictures can give patients a sense of belonging & that they do have a meaningful life. If you click on the title, you'll be redirected to the article.
It's incredible how far we've come from institutuionalizing anyone who wasn't "normal" to being able to rehabilitate a "not normal" person into an independent person... makes me wonder where we'll be in 20-30 years.
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