What People Say

Joel

Joel was 16 years old, busy studying for his GCSEs when his stroke occured.  he was admitted to hospital, where he underwent urgent surgery. 
Recovery was complicated by chest infections and pulmonary emboli; he was in Intensive Care for 15 days.
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Emily

“Aged 17 I had achieved 13 GCSEs, was studying for A levels and hopeful of a University place. I woke up one morning unable to see, by the afternoon I was on a life support machine. Encephalitis and meningitis caused a severe brain injury that left me unable to speak or walk and completely dependent upon carers. I was lucky enough to go to the Brain Injury centre, where specialist teams helped me to re-learn lost skills where possible, and to develop strategies to compensate for irrecoverable ones. I also resumed my education at the Centre, I took a geography A level and am going to Chichester College, where I will live independently on campus. I have my life back on track again.