Kane

Meet Kane, a Member whose story is all about determination. After an accident that resulted in an acquired brain injury, Kane spent 10 months in hospital. Since then, he’s been focused on his recovery, tackling challenges with strength, and setting new goals with a positive outlook. He shares his story.

Recovery has been absolutely amazing. No one that falls straight three and a half stories onto their head recovers as quick as I have.
The biggest change since my accident is I have a different perspective on life. I appreciate life way more now, and I don’t take life for granted as much I did before the injury.

People that have similar injuries to me never come back from the injuries. Well, the day I got out of hospital, it was just finally, like this is over. I’m finally out of here, because that was my biggest goal, like getting out of hospital, getting back to normal life.

Looking back on my journey, the thing that I’m most proud of is never giving off myself, never giving up on my recovery, always pushing through as hard as it might have been, my family never gave up on me.

My life’s different. I have a permanent brain injury for the rest of my life. I need to have a different perspective on life. I need to appreciate life more and change my life completely. If I met someone that had a brain injury that was in the similar situation that I was in, at the start. I would tell them, never give up on your recovery.

"If I keep achieving all my goals and set more goals and achieve them, I'll become the president of America."

- Kane, Member

Living My Way has supported me through my journey from the start to where we are now, through Support Coordination and sorting everything out for us. There’s a lot Living My Way has done for me through my recovery.

"Since I started supporting Kane, I've seen amazing amount of progress. He goes to all his appointments. He goes to the gym. I'm really impressed, to be to be honest. He got back into bodyboarding, which was one of your goals, and you did that. Every goal he set, he's hit, it’s really impressive. I'm very excited for Kane's future goals and plans."

– Mia, Living My Way Support Coordinator

Kane and his Support Coordinator, Mia

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