Barbara Pater provides some insight into what it is like to have an acquired brain injury. Some people want to retreat from the world and some join their local community group but all struggle to restore a sense of dignity.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
B2000410
Language
English
Audience classification
Exempt
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Brain damage
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Brain damage - Patients - Rehabilitation
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Community - Moral and ethical aspects
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → People with disabilities
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
DVCAM; Master
VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan