![]() The card play is reminiscent of something by John Clowdus or Carl Chudyk. I find myself looking forward to setting it up again. Which is perhaps why Heading Forward works as well as it does. They’re there to impart a message, the thinking goes, not to keep you entertained. It’s easy to expect message games to be dour. In a for-profit healthcare system, even rehabilitation must be a hustle.Įquilibrium is almost impossible to achieve on a deadline. ![]() Fall behind, and the company will decide you aren’t pulling your weight and give you the boot. Strange as it seems, the alternative is worse. Your entire life has become a Sisyphean parody. That even though you, the player, will now box up the components and walk away, you, the patient, the brain injury victim, must continue. That’s what victory means: that you’ve earned a continuation. If after a few weeks you’ve demonstrated sufficient progress, you get to continue the program. In this case, at least the insurance company is willing to shell out for your rehabilitation. It’s hard to know how bad At Least can hurt until you’re on the receiving end. “At least.” That’s the sort of thing people say when they can’t find better words. ![]() You have a set number of weeks to complete a program of rehabilitation overseen by your insurance company.Īt least you have insurance. Heading Forward centers the process of recovery. Enough to terrify me into fastidious helmet-wearing.īut when we get right down to it, that’s almost nothing. I spent enough time in their home to see some fraction of his struggles. Almost twenty years later, he’s holding down a job as a bagger at the grocery store. For two years, his family had to hang signs around the house directing him to the bathroom, the bedroom, the kitchen. In every other regard, he couldn’t have been more different. A guy in my neighborhood took a header off his motorcycle when I was a kid. Like most people, I don’t know the first thing about brain injuries. ![]()
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