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Traumatic Brain Injury
There is no single set of characteristics for children (or adults) with traumatic brain injuries. A person may have only physical disabilities, only cognitive disabilities, only emotional problems, or any combination of these.
Brain injury is the most common cause of death and disability in children. A person with a mild traumatic brain injury may lose consciousness or memory at the time of the accident. They may look all right on the outside but have lasting changes in their personality or thinking. Other times, the effects can be even more serious causing mental retardation, learning disabilities, loss of vision or speech, inability to remember new things and number of other complications.
A person with a mild traumatic brain injury may lose consciousness or memory at the time of the accident. They may look all right on the outside but have lasting changes in their personality or thinking. Brain injury can also occur due to hypoxia (not enough oxygen) or anoxia (no oxygen). This occurs in drowning, suffocation and sometimes due to problems at birth.
The Spirit Lake Consulting website includes 66 resources on Traumatic Brain Injury. Two places we particularly recommend for further information is the section Traumatic Brain Injury in the School Years and the TBI page in our Specific Disabilities Section.
