Regarding my younger brother's diagnosis of higher brain dysfunction and the future

Today was

the day my younger brother back home finally received a diagnosis of higher brain dysfunction

from the director.

The assessment tests to determine the disability were completed last month.

Following that, upon the conclusion of the tests,

I had a brief talk with the speech therapist there,

and we resolved the misunderstanding where I had one-sidedly taken in information about my brother, as well as my distrust toward the speech therapist.

Since a month had passed,

I thought about it carefully,

and I realized that

these kinds of misunderstandings and getting angry after misinterpreting what was understood are exactly

the current situation of my brother's

higher brain dysfunction.

Today, the speech therapist

came to see us before the consultation,

and we talked about that again,

mutually confirming our understanding.

I have confirmed it.

My brother, who was the one in question, had to wait a long time,

and he was shaking his leg restlessly with a grumpy look on his face.

After the doctor checked the results of the examination,

he confirmed the diagnosis of higher brain dysfunction,

and asked me,

"What would you like to do from here on?"

So, as I wrote in the letter about my brother

when I first came here,

I told him that I would like to aim for obtaining a Mental Disability Health and Welfare Handbook,

and after obtaining that handbook,

I told them that he wants to look for work he can do using the quota for people with disabilities.

I conveyed this.

In that case,

since he cannot apply for a disability certificate until six months have passed since the day he was diagnosed with higher brain dysfunction following his cerebral hemorrhage,

I was told to come back in May,

and to bring the application documents with me at that time.

In the meantime, he is to continue rehabilitation locally...

I will return in May,

and after bringing the city's application documents at that time,

I will leave them with the doctor,

and then return again in June,

to check the contents of the application documents that the doctor has filled out,

and then the process will be to organize them and submit the application documents to the local city office.

When I spoke with the board chairman today

I told him, "I just couldn't accept the words my brother's attending physician at the local rehabilitation hospital said to him, which were 'You are no different from a healthy person.'"

and when I said that

the board chairman said clearly

"He is not a healthy person.🙅"

making an X sign with his hands...

Then, after hearing the full name of the local attending physician

he had a reaction like, "Ah! That guy!‼️"

which made me feel uneasy.😥

Huh?💧 Is he famous? Could it be?

I felt a mix of emotions that I can't even describe.

Anyway, I will do my best with the application process next.😊

Just before leaving,
the speech therapist who performed the examination

made a copy of my brother's test results and gave it to me.

Even so, the fact that he cannot do two things at once

and that I really need to be careful about him driving

were things they emphasized.

Also, the fact that he forgets things immediately,

and that it is difficult for him to understand and properly process what he is told,
among other things, were mentioned.

There is definitely brain impairment,

they told me.

Well then...

I have to study various things again, don't I? 🥺

I will do my best 💪

Everyone I have met on note

has become my emotional support.

I look forward to your continued support.

This is my memorandum for today.😊

Thank you for reading.

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