Brain Injury In The Film: My New Brain

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This essay is written based on the observations made after watching the documentary “My New Brain”. The documentary follows the journey of 20-year-old Simon and his family as he undergoes rehabilitation following a coma and traumatic brain injury (TBI) and challenges of life faced by them. Sherer & Sander (2014) describes TBI as “an acquired injury to the brain from an external source that results in some alteration of cognitive or behavioural function. These effects may be transient, long-lasting, or permanent depending on injury specifics and severity.” Simon suffered from a massive brain injury after falling from a 20-foot wall. The main injury has been the frontal lobe banging against the inside of the skull. The brain was moved within the cranial …show more content…

The major injury of Simon is on the frontal lobe. Herlihy (2014) stated that “the frontal lobe plays a key role in voluntary motor, personality development, emotional and behavioural expression and performance of high order thinking, such as learning, thinking and making plans”. Since Simon has hurt his frontal lobe, it fails to play these key roles and leads to poor IADLs performance. IADLs are activities that support daily life within the home and community and typically require more complex skills and interactions than personal activities of daily living (Arciniegas et al., 2012). This essay will focus on three impairments. They are poor coordination, which affects Simon’s motor function, and poor memory and executive function, which affect his cognition. These impairments contribute to poor performance in IADLS and affect his participation. Participation can be viewed as objective based on social standards regardless of the individuals’ perceived participation restriction. It can also be viewed as subjective based on the individuals’ perception regarding involvement in daily activities and social roles (Budd et al.,

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