PREFACE

Incurring an (abi) acquired brain injury has devastating and long lasting effects on individuals. Although survivors may recover physically, there are often cognitive or psychological changes that prevent survivors from returning to their previous lifestyle. Written material has generally focused on assisting professionals and families to understand the cognitive and behavioral consequences of closed or open brain injury. There is a great deal of information written about the bis (brain injured survivor) but there is a sore lack of material written FOR the bis (brain injured survivor). In order to meet our needs as survivors of abi (acquired brain injury) we have written this Directory addressed specifically TO the survivor.

That is why this FOTHI Directory is written in a straight forward manner understandable to most survivors.

This manual is written for you, the bis (brain injured survivor). It is not for your family, nor your therapists, or your employer. Nor is it for your attorney or your rehabilitation Nurse.

They are welcome to read the FOTHI DIRECTORY, as it is important that all of these people understand what has happened to you. BUT this directory is written by bis (brain injury survivors) only with the brain injured survivor in mind.