This is a short paragraph I have given for a Headstart event I am going to soon.
I started on a life time’s journey following a car accident in 2002 where I received many injuries, including an acquired brain injury (ABI).
Just as well we do not know what is ahead of us! I loved my job as an advisor in Argyll and Bute Education Service. This had involved a lot of driving, for example going from Glasgow to Campbelltown and back in one day.
Following the accident I was initially in a wheelchair unable to walk. I had to learn to talk again and it took me quite a long time to come to terms with the fact that I would not go back to that job, or in fact life as I had known it.
But 7 years on I am still improving and gaining confidence, employing coping strategies that help me to live as full and active life as possible. Not the life I had dreamed of for my future, but one with quality nevertheless.
I am currently Chairperson of Headway Glasgow. This organisation has played a very significant role in supporting me through the whole process, and I my aim is to help by supporting others who may be involved in a similar journey
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