Far southern Illinois..
Each TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) is different than the next, but my prognosis afterwards, and subsequent recovery from it was VERY similar to the 1991 movie, "Regarding Henry," starring Harrison Ford! (I sustained 2 brain sheers, a 5-wk comatose, without any other physical injuries!)
I was a UIUC-business freshman, instead of a lawyer, so most of my 'therapy' remained at its 'performance ceiling' level as I returned to and struggled through UIUC!
Originally, I followed an Illinois 'Child of Vietnam Vet' scholarship to UIUC from southern Illinois, and this remained on 'hiatus' until I returned 3 years after my TBI! Subsequently, Illinois decided to use an ~80% federal subsidy to pay for ALL of my remaining UIUC business education when I returned as a 'disabled student' after the 1990 ADA!
(1991-1994)
Illinois had also ignored the 1978 Rehab Act amendment, as well as the 1992 ADA/DOE mandate, and I know many more of the details regarding this latter violation!
But, UIUC taught my TBI to proliferate employment in my proximal St. Louis, MO, which I did in 1995, and I found BOTH a St. Louis Career Fair AND a 1996 City of St. Louis Job, but my Illinois VR-DHS-Sec. #504 counselor could only tell me, "St. Louis (Jeff) is not in Illinois, so I can't help you" when I called him for help! Nor did he have any alternate suggestions of who else I could ask? This was after I graduated from UIUC business in 1994, and after both mandates had told DHS that they had the 'primary obligation' to place me in Missouri if I 'chose' to solicit employment there!
I've got SO much more, but I would need some pertinent questions in a TBI-referral email (so I can differentiate it from SPAM) so I would like to know what else I could give you!
Jeff Strong
JRSTRONG@aol.com
or fax 509-275-9037
217-234-2547 Caller-ID'd
Illinois
Each TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) is different than the next, but my prognosis afterwards, and subsequent recovery from it was VERY similar to the 1991 movie, "Regarding Henry," starring Harrison Ford! (I sustained 2 brain sheers, a 5-wk comatose, without any other physical injuries!)
I was a UIUC-business freshman, instead of a lawyer, so most of my 'therapy' remained at its 'performance ceiling' level as I returned to and struggled through UIUC!
Originally, I followed an Illinois 'Child of Vietnam Vet' scholarship to UIUC from southern Illinois, and this remained on 'hiatus' until I returned 3 years after my TBI! Subsequently, Illinois decided to use an ~80% federal subsidy to pay for ALL of my remaining UIUC business education when I returned as a 'disabled student' after the 1990 ADA!
(1991-1994)
Illinois had also ignored the 1978 Rehab Act amendment, as well as the 1992 ADA/DOE mandate, and I know many more of the details regarding this latter violation!
But, UIUC taught my TBI to proliferate employment in my proximal St. Louis, MO, which I did in 1995, and I found BOTH a St. Louis Career Fair AND a 1996 City of St. Louis Job, but my Illinois VR-DHS-Sec. #504 counselor could only tell me, "St. Louis (Jeff) is not in Illinois, so I can't help you" when I called him for help! Nor did he have any alternate suggestions of who else I could ask? This was after I graduated from UIUC business in 1994, and after both mandates had told DHS that they had the 'primary obligation' to place me in Missouri if I 'chose' to solicit employment there!
I've got SO much more, but I would need some pertinent questions in a TBI-referral email (so I can differentiate it from SPAM) so I would like to know what else I could give you!
Jeff Strong
JRSTRONG@aol.com
or fax 509-275-9037
217-234-2547 Caller-ID'd
Illinois