I have been off work and unable to drive since I sustained a concussion in late November of 2011.

The first thing I normally do when I have some spare time is pick up a book -- usually non-fiction history, anthropology, even a newspaper. I would like to read more about PCS. But I have very limited reading comprehension now.

I tried blocking the line above and below. That seems to help a lot with the tracking. I can’t seem to make all the pieces come together from what I've read and sometimes I find my eyes are following the text but I'm not processing the words at all.

A friend suggested writing notes on what I read, but I find that I can’t read my own notes and I am stuck with two things I can’t interpret and I get a little overwhelmed. I have notebooks all over the house and take notes to remind me what to do, what groceries to buy, what I have to remember but keep forgetting...

I looked at some “graphic organizers” that teachers use for teaching reading comprehension in elementary shcool. Some of which seem useful for reading fiction, but reading non-fiction would take different organization of ideas.

I am a workman’s comp case and I have not yet been successful in getting any more support than the wait-and-see approach. I think a speech pathologist would probably be a good idea, but getting approved will take some time. I would be interested if anyone else has learned some techniques for learning to read in a new way.

Thank you.

Gillian