A Message of Hope
8 Mar 2011
The Cork branch of Headway, the national association for Acquired Brain Injury (ABI), is celebrating Brain Awareness Week 2011 with the message of "Hope".
Coming together on a sunny Spring day in March, the clients and staff of the Rehabilitative Training and Day Services programmes in Ballincollig, Cork, travelled to University College Cork and Blarney Castle to spread the message of Hope around the City and County. Using their bodies and personalities to show that life after brain injury can be full and enjoyed to the maximum the Headway clients spelled out the message HOPE for all to see.
According to Paula Larkin, Rehabilitative Training Officer with Headway in Cork: "ABI is a life changing condition that is often forgotten about, ignored and misunderstood. Very often people think that Brain Injury means Brain Dead; this is absolutely not the case and that is why we have chosen to concentrate on letting people know this week that if they have been affected by brain injury that there is Hope and that it is so important to hold on to this. Our clients tend to come to Headway concentrating on the past and what they have lost but within a few months hope has been restored and they realise that while life may not be exactly as it was that it can be just as fulfilling when taken in a new direction."
Brain Awareness Week 2011 runs until March 13th with various events around the country. Information on Headway events in Cork and elsewhere can be found at www.headway.ie and www.nai.ie or by calling Paula Larkin on 021 4871303.