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October 2007

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Brain Injuries

A bright young Melbourne man was beaten unconscious a few months ago by a stranger. He will need full-time care for the rest of his life but he will not receive any government compensation. John Power examines Australia’s unjust personal injury schemes.

Ria Strong was beaten too, almost every day from the age of 3, but she knew her attacker – her father. The legacy has been profound yet Ria has created a fulfilling & interesting life. But, she writes, it’s harder than people realise. 

Faith Thorley lost her mellifluous voice and her vision, hearing and mobility were all impaired when a huge tumour was removed from her brain stem. “Art saved me,” she says. This is a story about the need to communicate and the transformations that have occurred.

Even young, fit, health conscious people can suffer a stroke. Emma Gee was just 24 and a marathon runner when she had a stroke.

The changes in her husband’s personality were more dramatic than the physical effects of his mild stroke says his wife.

Michael J Fox, Billy Graham and Ozzy Osborne all have Parkinson’s disease. Link provides information about symptoms, progress, treatments and new developments.

Features

Society likes to pretend that people with disabilities don’t have sexual needs. A lot of institutions work on that basis. There are alternatives however, as Holly Miller discovered.

Robbi Williams has coined a word – nounsizing – to describe how we reduce people to one dimension simply because they can’t move their arms or legs. People are much more than mere nouns he writes – they are fathers, mothers, artists, comedians, accountants etc

Christopher Newell discovered he had two disabilities when he visited France – one was not speaking French! But he got to use the loos for free. De Gaulle of the man!

Melissa Giles discovered that kidney disease can go undetected for years - James Ruksa thought he had the flu but found his kidneys had failed.

Tourism

Penny Crittall uses a wheelchair but she and her husband Ron found that with a bit of research they could have a fabulous time on an African safari.

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