Professionals should seek to cultivate disability self-awareness in individuals with cognitive impairment due to acquired brain injury, since those with this trait not only benefit more from rehabilitation programs, but also are better able to secure and maintain employment, build positive personal relationships, and participate in their community. 
This study’s objective was to investigate the characteristics of self-awareness among these people and their key families, including how professionals informed them of their diagnosis, their comprehension thereof, and subsequent changes in disability-associated difficulties.
Educating individuals with cognitive impairment due to acquired brain injury and their families about their condition as soon as possible after hospitalization improves their ability to adapt to post discharge difficulties and fosters community participation.

Support and services aimed at improving disability self-awareness among individuals with cognitive impairment due to acquired brain injury