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When someone you love has been the victim of a serious car accident in Georgia that has left them with a traumatic brain injury, chances are you have spent considerable time thinking of ways that you can help him or her to heal and recover. One of the aspects of your family member's function that may have been impaired is his or her ability to speak and communicate with those around them. 

You can provide support and help encourage their healing by playing an active role in therapy and helping them to be consistent about completing the exercises they have been given to strengthen their speech development. According to healthguides.healthgrades.com, there are three specific types of exercises that are coordinated into a treatment plan to help victims of TBIs to redevelop their speech. These include the following:

• Passive exercise such as simple stretches with the help of you or medical resources designed to provide support. You can help your family member complete these exercises and set new goals. 
• Active exercises include drinking through a straw, learning to blow a whistle and even moving the lips and tongue to rebuild the muscles that help with every day functions such as eating and drinking. 
• Sensory stimulation will involve hot and cold, pressure or electricity to activate your family member's senses and help them regain reactions to their senses. 

You probably already know divorce takes a heavy toll on a person’s life. Ending a relationship can have a negative impact on many different aspects of your livelihood. It can affect you both financially and emotionally, to the point where you might question if you will ever recover.

It may seem hopeless but it is more than possible to bounce back from a divorce. You can rebuild your life and get back on your feet emotionally and financially, with help. Here are a few tips you may want to use to kick start your new life and start to return to normal.

At times it is difficult to balance the needs of people who rely on emotional support animals in areas such as Georgia and the safety of those around them. The Portland International Airport in Oregon has recently had to revise its regulations in regard to ESAs in an attempt to strike a better balance after an incident in December 2017 in which an emotional support pit bull allegedly attacked a 5-year-old girl. The girl's mother recently filed a lawsuit against the company that manages the airport, the dog's owner and the airline on which she was traveling, seeking damages in the amount of $1.1 million.

The dog owner was unavailable for comment. The airline refused to speak specifically about pending litigation but did cite its recently revised regulations in regard to emotional support animals, stating that the owners must carry them or keep them on a leash of 3 feet or less if they do not fit in a pet carrier.

It seems like a funny term, but an attractive nuisance is no laughing matter, especially when it concerns your child. You and other Georgia residents need to understand this legal issue, both for your children’s protection and your own potential liability.

FindLaw explains that an attractive nuisance is something on someone’s property that is potentially dangerous and can entice children. An attractive nuisance is something that you, as a reasonable person, would suspect is dangerous for children, yet little or nothing was done to prevent children from being harmed. A homeowner, for example, may reason that children have no business going onto his property without permission and, therefore, it is not his responsibility if they get hurt.