Terry Wallis, 57, Died; Awakened 19 Years After Traumatic Brain Injury

Terry Wallis, who spontaneously regained the ability to speak after a traumatic brain injury, was nearly unresponsive for 19 years, and then was the subject of a massive study showing how a damaged brain can heal itself, died in rehab on March 29. The facility in Searcy, Ark. He was 57 years old. His brother, …

Athlete Kent Waldrep, Injury Leading to Advocacy, Dies at 67

In 1982, with growing fame in disability circles after traveling to the Soviet Union and returning to Texas to establish the short-lived International Spinal Cord Research Foundation, he was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the National Council of the Disabled. Mr. Waldrep eventually became vice-chairman of the council, a federal agency that evaluates laws …

‘Don’t Write’: Advice From Brain Injury Experts After Bob

It seemed like an ordinary fall: Actor and comedian Bob Saget hit his head on something and maybe fell asleep without thinking about anything, his family said on Wednesday. But the gruesome results – Mr Saget, 65, died from blunt head trauma on January 9, a coroner ruled – underscored the dangers of traumatic brain …

Attack on Left Flight Attendant with Concussion and Face Injury,

An American Airlines cabin attendant who was struck on the nose by a passenger last week suffered a concussion after being diverted to Denver, where the passenger was arrested, and had to be picked up on a stretcher. US attorney’s office for Colorado. According to the criminal complaint, 20-year-old passenger Brian Hsu from Irvine, California, …

Alyssa Naeher Leaves USA-Canada Game with Knee Injury,

US goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher, heroine of her team’s quarterfinal victory at the women’s Olympics soccer tournament, suffered a knee injury Monday during the team’s semi-final match against Canada. Naeher was injured by a strange fall as he leapt to cut the Canadian diagonal at 20 minutes. Colliding with teammate Julie Ertz as Canada’s Nichelle Prince …

Study Shows More Injury Stories Onscreen, But Few Injured Actors

Let’s start with the good news: Depictions of major disability in movies and television programs have nearly tripled in the last decade compared to the previous 10 years. However, almost all of these games still do not have disabled players. This was a result new work It was published Wednesday by Nielsen and nonprofit RespectAbility, …