Nick Rushworth 2010 - IDEASWA

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good physical recovery (long-term physical disability = 1/4)?highly motivated to work/ previous employment?underestimates mental and physical fatigue?excessively talkative (“verbosity”)overestimates abilities? overstates ambitions? (“grandiosity”)exaggerates accomplishments? (“confabulation”)difficulty answering questions directly? repeating,returning to same topics (“perseveration”)overly familiar? “inappropriate”? easily irritated? (“disinhibition”)lacking in initiative, in motivation, in drive? (“adynamia”)dramatic, rapid changes in emotion? (“lability”)
eally,• second lowest representation (of all peoplewith a disability)• highest mean number of hours to “get job”• third highest mean direct support per client (58Start your text herehours) after people with autism andintellectual disability• mean level of client support required had fallenfor all disability groups except for peoplewith an ABI…
Page 1 and 2: WORKING IN THE WEST22 October 2010B
Page 3 and 4: ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY (ABI)any dama
Page 5 and 6: TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI)results
Page 7 and 8: PHYSICAL DISABILITY• paralysis•
Page 10 and 11: “…new relationships areproblema
Page 12 and 13: …prime of life…TBI; 10 times as
Page 15 and 16: secondly,“…presentswell.”
Page 17: …The client had extensive cogniti

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