I was actually talking about this last night. Brainline.org has a video about how the most devastating consequence of brain injury is loneliness from loss of relationships. The video talks about how as an adult, your co workers, etc are in close contact for the first few weeks. But as time goes on, they realize you are off work "doing nothing" in their eyes, and the conversations you had with friends multiple times a day, drop off as co workers basically forget about you.

I think this would be true with kids too, especially in today's tech driven world. I personally can't stand talking on the phone. Most of my interaction is via facebook, texting etc. However, due to vision issues, I have to really limit how much time I spend in front of screens, so that's limiting too. And many kids go from being involved in a lot of activities, sports, band, etc to not be able to be involved at all.

My heart breaks for them. I know how isolating this is as an adult. I can't imagine having all the insecurities of growing up AND having a brain injury on top of it.