Traumatic brain injury

Most parents of children with disabilities think they are prepared to face the challenges ahead because the ones we’ve already faced help to strengthen our knowledge and resolve. But life is full of surprises — and lessons to be learned.

Five years ago, Spencer was recovering from a car accident that his doctors thought he might not survive. Now 20 years old, he has graduated from Riverhead High School and works two jobs, despite a brain injury that has presented many challenges along the way.