About Brain Injury

Each year over 1 million people will attend hospital in the UK as a result of an acquired brain injury, of which 100,000 each year are   left with a significant disability. It is the foremost cause of death and disability in  young people and children and is the largest cause of acquired disability in the UK today in the working age population. It is thirty times more prevalent than spinal cord injury.

Few specialist services exist to support    people in the community with this condition, despite the highly complex nature of the difficulties experienced by people with   acquired brain injury. Very often there is no physical damage and brain injury is often referred to as the "Hidden Disability".   The most common problems are cognitive  difficulties (ie. memory, concentration, attention, problem solving, etc); behavioural (especially anger management, impulsivity   and self control problems); personality  changes and sensory problems.