Busy Monday

Monday May 29th – Today we began the ABI (Acquired Brain Injury) week. First we did one of the “treasure hunt walks” wearing vision simulator goggles. The goggles which simulate a vision loss associated with ABI are blacked out on one half of each side to simulate a hemianopia. In other words both my right and left eye would not be able to see anything on the left half if I had a left side hemianopia. It means that a person must learn to turn their head strongly to the side they aren’t seeing to scan for objects. Depending on the injury, a person could lose one quarter of a field, half of a field, or three quarters of the visual field.
After the walk we dove into the anatomy of the brain, and early brain development. Very quickly I was in over my head as I don’t have any biology or anatomy background, the terms were very unfamiliar and I have a lot of studying to do! It’s really fascinating though.
In the afternoon we talked about assessments and interviewing an ABI client and used the vision simulator goggles while performing some of the pen and paper assessments.

This evening Sue, Jhaneen, and I went to Pete and Leslie’s and taught them how to play poker. We all played Texas Hold ‘Em and had a great time. I am definitely starting up a girl’s poker night when I get home. We then met Laura over at the Skinny Dog, for trivia night. I am proud to say that again, we did not come in last place!