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When Michael Reynolds, a prominent Indigenous physiotherapist and academic, first decided to embark on a career in allied health, it was a leap into the unknown. This was the mid-1990s, a time when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander physios were few and far between.
Years ago, when Sandy Middleton worked as a registered nurse in a regular medical ward, she had her first exposure to patients who had suffered an acute stroke. It was the early 1980s and the standard care protocol involved a ‘wait-and-see’ approach, as healthcare staff monitored patients for deficits like impaired speech and restricted physical abilities.
Aaron Cornwall has a pretty good idea of what rock bottom feels like. The former combat engineer and Afghanistan war veteran thought he’d hit his lowest low when – as a young dad juggling university study with work and family commitments – he was forced to sell his furniture to put food on the table. Even now, years later, he finds it difficult to talk about.
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