Wobbly,

I understand the situation you are concerned about. As I stated before, you need to equip yourself with the 2 online resources. If you can just get one co-worker to watch the "You Look Great" YouTube series, it can cause a domino effect of understanding in your office.

Once that happens, hopefully, you can sit down with co-workers and establish what dysfunctions you currently have. Your problems are ADA qualified disabilities. The NPA should be able to verify this.

The most important thing you need to know and express to others is that you have plenty of "over-learned" skills. These are the skills that you have no trouble remembering or doing. They are stored in your memory in so many different places that they are solid memories. If you understand computer hard drives, your over-learned skills are stored in a RAID array of hard drives.

You will likely be able to develop many work-arounds for the tasks that you struggle with.

btw, Tying names to faces is a skill that emanates from a single area of the brain. That area can be damaged without effecting the other areas. I have a similar disability. I have to 'stop and think' just to come up with the names of people in my family. Sometimes, it is like I have to sort through a stack of index cards. That should be your easiest issue to accommodate.

At the ad hoc meetings, you will need a reliable assistant or co-worker to help fill in the blanks or help you stay organized. Your decision making skills are likely still strong.

To give you an example. My son needed surgery to repair his shoulder in an area with extensive nerve fibers that support the whole arm. The surgeon chose another surgeon as his assistant because the second surgeon was fabulous in identifying fine anatomy. The primary surgeon was better with the knife and the 2nd was better at identifying the tissues.

I bet there is someone in your office who can step up and fill this void. Plus, get name tags or name plates to put on the meeting table. In time, you may be able to establish enough criteria to put names to faces or voices or whatever. There is actually an injury where the brain does not recognize the different features of the face. Think of it as dyslexia at reading faces.

A common symptoms of PCS is a loss of the ability to recognize facial expressions and social cues. There are work arounds for this too.

Regarding ad hoc meetings, make extensive general notes in at least two copies. Give a copy to your side-kick. Use a pen or high lighter to cross out issue covered and circle issues of importance. You can develop a visual system of holding these meetings.

You have not mentioned your age but I bet you are in your 40's. This means 2 things. One, your brain is at an age of starting to deteriorate. Two, you are at an age where life experience and other maturity factors can help you overcome most obstacles from number one.

So, your assignment for tonight is to watch the YouTube video. If you can get your family to watch it, you will hear "Ah ha's" as they recognize issues. And print out the TBIguide.

Get everybody on your team. Once they understand, most will become very supportive. The rest are just incorrigible jerks.

My best to you.