2007: Dinner with guest speakers held on friday September 14
My Looks Are Deceiving
Kerrin Shortis is a young lady with an acquired brain injury (ABI) who is a member of our group. Since her fall from a racehorse, she has become involved with public speaking and contributed to a new publication of short stories from people with an ABI called It's No Small Thing . Kerrin told her story: My Looks are Deceiving accompanied by a very graphic video presentation.
Di Winkler is an Occupational Therapist who has worked with people with acquired brain injury for more than 15 years. Di is the founder of the Summer Foundation, dedicated to overcoming the concerns of young people living in residential aged care. Di told us what she has been doing to improve the lot of these people and what we can do to help.
The dinner was run to continue to increase knowledge in the community of the concerns faced by those with an acquired brain injury and to raise funds for the operation of our group.
2006: There was no dinner this year
2005: Dinner with guest speakers held on September 23
The Road to Recovery Dinner
In 1997, having just begun university, with a promising elite sporting and academic career, Luke Rosenzweig's life was irrevocably altered when he was involved in a car crash. Forced to rebuild his life, Luke's recovery has been remarkable, completing university studies and gaining employment as a Rehabilitation Counsellor. Having recently presented at the 6th World Congress on Brain Injury, Luke is coming from Adelaide in the hope that telling his story just might make a difference. Come and hear his inspiring journey.
Also speaking will be Jane Galvin who has been working as an Occupational Therapist in the area of Acquired Brain Injury for 13 years, the last 9 of which have been on the ABI team at the Royal Children's Hospital. Jane will talk about how children recover from brain injury; involving families and children in therapy; and new developments in paediatric rehabilitation in Victoria.
With assistance thanks to Poyser Motors
2004: Dinner with guest speakers held on September 18
Against the Odds
In 1991 jockey Sheila Laxon had a horrific race day fall at Gisborne NZ. She sustained a serious head injury and a broken leg. She was on life support, unconscious for eight days. When she woke she could not walk, talk or write. Ten years later she was the first woman in history to train a Melbourne Cup winner - Ethereal. With Ethereal she had already won the Caulfield Cup. Sheila told her amazing story.
Also speaking was Dr Malcolm Hopwood MD(Melb), MPM, FRANZCP, a leading clinician and researcher of Neuropsychiatry and Consultant Psychiatrist at Austin Health, where he is the Director of the Brain Disorders Program and the Veterans Psychiatry Unit. Malcolm spoke on ?Depression & Other Mood Problems after Brain Injury?.
2003: Dinner meeting with guest speakers held on September 18
Brain Storming with Milly Parker- a decade of living with ABI © 2003
In 1992 Milly Parker was a passenger in a car crash. She sustained a moderate brain injury. Her life, coming to grips with her disability since then to the success of her ?Happy Yappers? business venture was very interesting listening, told in an absorbing fashion.
People learnt about Acquired Brain Injury from Christine Stone, Speech Pathologist, at Anne Caudle who has run a number of workshops on ABI. She provided a brief background to this hidden disability.
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