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brain damageImpairment which can be caused by trauma (for example, accidents) or disease (such as encephalitis), or which may be present at birth. Depending on the area of the brain that is affected, language, movement, sensation, judgement, or other abilities may be impaired. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Tobias then found himself being drawn into the lives of his neighbors including a grieving widower, a pregnant and homeless teenager, a hone-handed juggler, a Vietnam vet who was brain-damaged because of a botched suicide attempt, a woman on the edge of Alzheimer's. Jersey Hatch, seventeen, returns home from the Carter Brain Injury Center almost a year after his attempted suicide left him brain-damaged. The Rotarians paid for a special helmet for a baby who was so brain-damaged at birth he wasn't adopted, Polak said. |
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