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Rep. Sandra Prater of Arkansas recently proposed House Bill 1131 to establish the Arkansas Legislative Commission on Traumatic Brain Injury.

Technology Review recently ran a story, Raising Consciousness, that highlights the story of Terry Wallis, a 39-year old man who was in a minimally conscious state for 19 years after a car accident. In 2003, Wallis came out of that state and has continued to make improvements.

The Brain Injury Association of New Jersey plans to hold Brain Injury Awareness Day at the State House in Trenton on Thursday, March 15, 2007 from 9am-5pm in the State House Annex Tunnel.

As promised, I am letting the readers of the blog know that my new book, Litigating Brain Injuries, which I co-authored with Dr. Jeffrey Brown, Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, is now available for sale.

Though it is not common, there are rare cases of miraculous improvement in brain injury cases. One such story is that of Sarah Scantlin, a woman who has been in a state of minimal consciousness since a car accident in 1984. Ms. Scantlin made national news in 2005 when she came out of that state and was able to speak.