The insights and strategies acquired through the grueling process of recovery can be invaluable. Here are personal accounts of the agony, hope and lessons hard won of those who have survived a head injury.

Personal Story List

• A SMALL TOWN CALLED MONTO explores the story of a football player in a small town who experienced the effects of brain injury first hand.
• HONESTY VERSUS SOCIAL ETIQUETTE can arise for some survivors, when their family and partners tell them they have become rude, abrasive and prone to anger after a brain injury. A survivor explains the impact on her relationship.
• INGREDIENTS FOR RECOVERY explores some of the factors that can significantly influence a person's recovery following a brain injury.
• BATTLING FATIGUE is not only hard on the survivor, but can leave family and friends thinking you are simply lazy or not interested in them anymore.
• CITIZENSHIP AFTER AN ABI suffers for Joel as he faces lack of support or exclusion from welfare services, employment, accommodation, relationships and the community.
• BECOMING SELF AWARE is the account of a brain injury survivor gradually developing an awareness of his Cognitive problems and how they have affected his employment and relationships.
• NOT SO MUCH BRAIN DAMAGED AS BRAIN HEALING examines learning to cope with after effects of a stroke, the social isolation that can follow and the need to stay positive and focus on rehabilitation.
• THE CHALLENGES OF A CARER are many as a wife faces loneliness, stress and loss in coping with her husband's changed personality, memory loss and mood swings.
• HEALING THE BITTERNESS can be a struggle for many survivors - Jason Copeland tells his journey of making peace with the past.
• CHANGE HAPPENS is a fact of life after a brain injury as one learns to face the many losses and begin the transition to a new sense of self and a new beginning.
• COPING WITH BEHAVIOURS looks at the need for families to understand why their loved one now behaves differently, and the need for understanding, patience and good strategies to cope.
• GETTING BACK TO WORK is a tricky process after a brain injury. Nicole shares her tips on making the most of your employment ability.
• MISSING IN ACTION is the story of Michael as he learns to accept the loss of his marriage, friends, health and career after a motor vehicle accident.
• NO MANS LAND is where a teenager faces the social isolation and exclusion from his peers after a near fatal car crash.
  
• NOT KNOWING THE WORST PART for Jason as for decades he struggled with the effects of an undiagnosed brain injury and the resulting challenging behaviours, depression and despair.
• BEATING THE BOTTLE explores the high cost of drinking after a brain injury and the need to focus positively on making a new beginning.
• ROAD TO RECOVERY is the story of a survivor battle with the 'invisible disability' and resulting passion to promote road safety and help others on their road to recovery.
• A SUSTAINABLE LIFE was Ken's goal as he focused on the need for structure, spirituality and social networks to recover from an acquired brain injury.
• WITHOUT A VOICE looks at alternative types of communication when speech is no longer possible, and the need for people to understand that a disability does not mean someone is less intelligent.
• NO SENSE OF DIRECTION is the result of typographic disorientation, a less common effect of a brain injury where navigating even well known environments is no longer possible.
• STICK TO IT MY BOY is one man's struggle to stay focused and complete tasks after acquiring a brain injury.
• YOUR TURN TO SHUFFLE THE CARDS is an account of one of the most common effects of a brain injury, the dramatic impact caused by short term memory loss.