Almost ten years ago, Aldana Zuniga was paralysed from the waist down in a car accident. Now, a microchip implanted in his brain has helped him get behind the wheel of a car again. Using only his thoughts to control the speed, Zuniga drove laps in a NASCAR Cup racecar on a track in the…
Category: brain injury
UKABIF Film Award Winner
Sacha Paynter from Bristol has won the United Kingdom Acquired Brain Injury Forum (UKABIF) Film Award for her film ‘Talking Benefits’, sponsored by Cygnet Health Care. Sacha’s short film looks at the importance of neurorehabilitation for individuals who have had an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI). The film is based on Sacha’s personal family experiences of…
