The varying ABI symptoms mean no two brain injuries are the same. Like other invisible disabilities, people with an acquired brain injury are more likely to fall through the cracks.

Sight, sounds, touch, smell and taste are all sensory inputs from the environment around us. For some individuals, information coming through our senses can feel more or less intense than others.

Without lived experience, it can be hard to understand the daily demands placed on parents who raise children with complex, rare diagnoses and various comorbidities.

We’ve found in our experience as social workers and support coordinators that compartmentalising is not always achievable, hence why regular self-care is vital.