The theme of this year’s Brain Injury Awareness Week. Is ‘many pathways, one community’.

With around 1 in 45 Australians living with a brain injury, and almost 3 in 4 of these people aged under 65, raising awareness is essential. Brain injury can occur in many everyday situations, even when it is not formally diagnosed. Causes include falls, motor vehicle, e-scooter and cycling accidents, contact sports, assault, domestic and family violence, illness, stroke, and dementia. A brain injury can happen at any stage of life and every person has a unique experience. Not all brain injuries are the same.

Brain injuries are often called an ‘invisible disability’ because, although people can experience significant changes in how they think, feel and relate to others, there may be no outward physical signs of disability. As a result, the problems caused by brain injury can be easily ignored or misunderstood by others, even health professionals.

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