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Brain Injury in the Media
Paralympic swimmer Alexa Leary calls for traumatic brain injury awareness day

It's the date that is seared into Paralympic champion Alexa Leary's brain. July 17, 2021: the day her "second life" began, following the traumatic brain injury (TBI) she sustained in a cycling accident at age 19.

It's the date 24-year-old Leary now wants recognised as traumatic brain injury awareness day, to help fuel understanding of the unique challenges associated with the sudden changes a TBI brings.

March is brain injury awareness month, but there is currently no specific day dedicated to TBI. In Australia, 1 in 45 people live with an acquired brain injury, which is damage to the brain that occurs after birth.
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Brain Injury in the Media
Ex-AFL player Aiden O'Driscoll opens up on brain trauma hell and compensation fight

At 18, Aiden O'Driscoll was living out his childhood AFL dream.
In November 2023, the teen had been drafted to the Western Bulldogs.
When he walked into the football club for the first time, he felt elated — like he belonged.
"I was like, this is actually real now. I'm an AFL player — this is who I am," O'Driscoll said.
"I can train every day. I can work my butt off to then be a better player.
"All the Bulldogs boys were so welcoming and it felt like another family." But less than three months later, on a warm January day, he was playing in his first AFL practice match when he suffered a sickening "head-on-head" collision with another player that would change his life.
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