Concussions and People with Pre-Present Incapacity — Concussion Alliance

By Malayka Gormally. This text was initially revealed in our Concussion Replace publication; please contemplate subscribing.

We’re excited to announce the publication of a brand new useful resource on our web site, addressing concussions in Individuals with a Pre-Existing Disability. To our data, that is the one useful resource of its variety on the internet; it contains up-to-date analysis on how pre-existing disabilities impression the prognosis, therapy, and restoration from concussions. Whereas a lot of the data on the web page is related for people with a pre-existing incapacity, many sections have a concentrate on para-sport athletes and the blind or visually impaired neighborhood. We acknowledge that this web page solely begins to cowl the subject, however we hope this useful resource is impactful for people with a pre-existing incapacity navigating a concussion. We plan so as to add to the useful resource sooner or later and embrace new sections with disability-specific data for different communities. 

The useful resource was developed by Summer time 2023 interns Hannah Hartmann and Kathryn Kresse, who interviewed Paralympic skier Millie Knight and incapacity advocates Angela Romeo and Augden Hayes. Hannah Nash was the intern Challenge Supervisor, and Dr. Osman Ahmed, PhD, PGDip (Sports Physiotherapy), served because the mentor for this useful resource and has authorized it for accuracy.

Dr. Ahmed is a Co-Chair of the Concussion in Para Sport Group and was a member of the Scientific Committee for the sixth Worldwide Convention on Concussion in Sport in 2022; we’re lucky to have Dr. Ahmed on our Skilled Advisory Board.

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