Lack of awareness of one s deficits or anosognosia, is a little more difficult to understand. Also, inability to appreciate the potential impact of neurological dysfunction on ability to resume former life style. Lack of awareness can cause many therapeutic difficulties. Anosognosia can also lead to unrealistic job expectations, safety issues, and family tension. Mathies, Kreutzer and West discuss different types of awareness in their above-mentioned book.
Awareness is critical to implementation of compensatory strategies.
Lack of awareness in any of these areas can impede an individual s progress. With time, many survivors learn what their limitations are and readjust their self-appraisal. However, in the education field, expect to encounter survivors who are having difficulty in this area. Claudia Osborne pages 84 to 121 3. 1 Imagine you are an instructor in an educational facility for adults with an acquired brain injury.