Back in 2005, Melbourne man Colin*, now 57, was involved in a road accident. “I came off second-best,” he says. He was riding a motorcycle, and the result was a traumatic brain injury.
It would be a long road to recovery. Life would never be quite the same. The last thing he needed was to be scammed online. But that’s what happened.
Mark Thompson lives with an acquired brain injury and experiences challenges with physical access, lack of information on inclusive facilities and communication in his day to day life.
“It can help equip people to build their awareness and take some actions,”
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Road traffic accidents, falls, and strokes can all cause acquired brain injury (ABI). But it is increasingly recognised that Covid-19 can also cause a range of neurological issues. Image: Shutterstock
Returning to work following an acquired brain injury (ABI) should not be rushed and requires delicate planning around the survivor, their job role and the work environment.
Common forms of ABI include traumatic brain injury (often from road traffic accidents, falls or assaults), and stroke
The myth of “a phased return to work after brain injury or stroke is similar to other health conditions”.
Current ABI Self-advocacy peer supports
Coffee with a twist, a collaboration with United Brains, and Leadership Plus have 3 active ABI self-advocacy peer support groups for those with ABI. Zoom meetings Tuesday, at 11:30 am Wednesday at 11.30 am Thursday, at 13:00. A place for people with acquired brain injury or carers to have a conversation and pass on information.
To book phone Ron 0418124406 or Lisa 0455515221 Two interactive groups are conducted using zoom during COVID19 and we encourage you to join us. We have generally had a speaker and then informal catch-up.
Please join us whether you be a person with ABI, a carer or another interested person perhaps you are able to speak about a topic
For those living with brain injuries, fatigue, memory-loss and isolation can be crippling – unless you know how to laugh at yourself. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
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“I was in the ‘revolving door syndrome’,” the 60-year-old said.
Judo practitioner Shane Masters has an acquired brain injury from a workplace accident over a decade ago.
“I woke up in hospital two weeks later and didn’t know nothing, but I could remember judo,” he said. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
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hen Tom went to his GP in Melbourne’s west earlier this year, his doctor asked him about his ongoing health issues.
But although Tom had suffered an acquired brain injury as a child, leaving him with an intellectual disability, this time there was another reason he had sought help.
It was his long-term social isolation Tom agreed with the lineworker to visit the local community centre – to which Tom had never been – together. Tom was introduced to a group of people who had similar experiences to his own. There were 12 there that morning,,
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