(LifeNews.com) – Each year, over a million American citizens experience a brain injury. Indeed, brain injury is the leading cause of disability worldwide. However, injuries vary widely in severity, and many patients will recover to some extent, although it may require months or years of rehabilitation.
As a society, we should stop treating such people as a throwaway commodity. We should instead support families and their loved ones through the long recovery process. Most importantly, however, we should remind each other to love the brain-injured family member unconditionally, regardless of their prognosis or progress.
For disabled people, many of whom the healthcare industry would give up on, there is real hope. Scientists and medical researchers are tirelessly exploring the complexities of the brain to develop new therapies that can improve and support recovery. CONTINUE