At 25 years of age, Fares experienced a severe stroke which left him in a coma for 10 days. Upon waking, he wasn’t able to walk or talk. After 3 months of hospital rehab at St Vincent’s, he was back into the community and bit by bit has worked hard Read More →
Speech Pathology
Corey’s Story: Kicking Personal Goals
Meet Corey. He currently lives with his Mum and Uncle and has a pet bird named Georgie. Corey works 33 hours a week, is an avid video gamer and is about to start learning to drive. These are huge achievements, as Corey’s life was turned upside down in 2019 after Read More →
Trent’s Story: Recovery Road
Meet Trent. He sustained a traumatic brain injury, as well as fractures to his neck and pelvis in a motor vehicle accident in 2020. This resulted in a range of cognitive and behavioural challenges, as well as restricted neck movement, pain and significantly reduced left arm strength. When we first Read More →
Motivational Interviewing
Several of our clinicians underwent a two day workshop in Motivational Interviewing, led by the amazing Dr. Kylie McKenzie, Clinical Psychologist and Motivational Interviewing Trainer. A lot of thinking, reflecting, smiling, laughing, role playing and discussion went down over the two days. Such a productive workshop which will be extremely Read More →
Getting Social at IRS
On Thursday, IRS held our first social group bringing together clients who have had a brain injury to share experiences and meet new people. Some of the topics discussed by the group included what it’s like to wake up in the hospital not knowing what happened to you, how to Read More →
Aphasia Camp 2022 – Promoting Connections, Confidence and Self-Care
by Matt Fong, Speech Pathologist at Independent Rehabilitation Services. From the 21st to the 23rd of February, 2022, I had the privilege of volunteering at the second ever Aphasia Camp held in Australia. This camp was held on the Gold Coast and it was attended by people with aphasia, their Read More →
Meet the Class of ’22 – Millie, Speech Pathologist
In the final of our new grad get to know you blogs, we meet Milly, a Speech Pathologist with an extensive background in disability support and a passion for helping people reach their potential. Milly, why did you choose Speech Pathology as your career? I have always wanted to work Read More →
Meet the Class of ’22 – Shaeron, Speech Pathologist
We’re very excited to have Shaeron join our Speech Pathology team! Shaeron has a great deal of experience having worked as an Allied Health Assistant in an ABI unit where she was so inspired by the work of the Speech Pathologists she saw she studied to become one! Shaeron, so Read More →
Ben’s rehabilitation journey after a stroke
In July 2016, Ben was aged 39 and living in Hong Kong, working as Chief Information Security & Trust Officer at the Commonwealth Bank Ben when he experienced a stroke. Prior to this, Ben held senior roles in a number of financial institutions worldwide, as well as working in roles Read More →
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