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The Brain Injury Association program brings about an unexpected "miracle"

By Nancy Arcayna

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Nov 06, 2012

~~<p>Carl Debo, 56, uttered very few words during his time in the three-month Brain Injury Resource Program that ended last week. The former engineering and robotics teacher at Sacred Hearts Academy suffered a stroke three years ago, impairing his ability to process language.</p>
<p>The condition, known as aphasia, had made Debo self-conscious about speaking, according to Mary Wilson, executive director of the Brain Injury Association of Hawaii, which ran the pilot program at the YWCA Laniakea.</p>
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Carl Debo, 56, uttered very few words during his time in the three-month Brain Injury Resource Program that ended last week. The former engineering and robotics teacher at Sacred Hearts Academy suffered a stroke three years ago, impairing his ability to process language.

The condition, known as aphasia, had made Debo self-conscious about speaking, according to Mary Wilson, executive director of the Brain Injury Association of Hawaii, which ran the pilot program at the YWCA Laniakea. Login for more...