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Unmarked Detour: Frustration As Sports Restrictions, Concussion Symptoms, Cognitive Impairment Continued

Seven months after her daughter's concussion, Dorothy Bedford talks about the important role neuropsychologists play in concussion recovery, especially in terms of academic accommodations, and her frustration that, when her daughter Heidi returned for her junior year at boarding school, she could still not play contact sports, and continued to experience concussion symptoms and cognitive impairment, which adversely effected her grades and scores on standardized tests.

For articles in Dorothy's series, "Unmarked Detour," click here.

 

For a companion series of videos featuring Dorothy Bedford, click here.

 


Dorothy Bedford is a mother of three from Princeton, New Jersey.