Andrea Willemsen (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) was a researcher in Public Administration. Following a head-on collision she was declared 100% incapacitated for work. 'After my accident we searched for a book about brain injury. To our surprise there were none. And so I decided to write one myself.' After setting up the Contusio Cerebri Fund Foundation Willemsen has been committed to helping others with brain injuries and professional via the website www.hersenkneuzing.nl. Andrea Willemsen and her husband were out cycling when she was hit by an oncoming moped. The initial diagnosis was severe concussion. But many years later her functioning is still seriously impeded. In Life after Brain Injury she describes her personal experiences with contusion cerebri.