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(08) 6282 1900Jarrod
Brain Injury (Acquired) Brain Tumor
Jarrod Douglas was 20 years-old when he was diagnosed with Medulloblastoma, a type of brain cancer. After radiation and surgery, he was left with an acquired brain injury affecting his speech and mobility.
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Powerful Potential
Everyone in the Rocky Bay family has a story to tell. Stories of resilience, perseverance, and the fight to prove the doubters wrong (including yourself). It is our privilege to share these stories with the world. They lay bare each individual’s journey of growth as they challenge old ideas and discover new ways to let their unique abilities shine through. As your partner in possibility, seeing the self-belief grow is what motivates us day in, day out. We hope you find these stories as inspiring as we do.
Malcolm
Brain Injury (Acquired)
No one understands more than Malcolm Burgess, long-term Rocky Bay resident and customer, the importance of spreading the message to the teenagers in our community that drinking and driving don’t mix.
Alicia
Spinal Cord Injury
In 2012, Alicia Waterman underwent major spinal surgery for a previous condition which left her as a quadriplegic and living with a tracheostomy. Fast forward six years and Alicia has come further than anyone could have dreamed.
Markus
Muscular Dystrophy
At the age of 12, Markus was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy and, in time, had to give up playing sports. His passion and enthusiasm for sport never wavered, and recently Rocky Bay was able to help Markus find an alternative avenue to continue to follow his passion and help him transition from high school to the workplace.
Sean
Autism/PDD Intellectual Disability
An avid aviation enthusiast, 27-year-old Sean, has been a customer of Rocky Bay since 2015, staying twice a week at the respite Guest House in Rockingham. Thanks to the Wishing Tree, Sean took the skies for his first ever helicopter ride.
Chloe
Williams Syndrome
Nineteen year-old Chloe Hutchinson, who is supported by our Community Transition team, recently returned from an adventure voyage of a lifetime on the STS Leeuwin II that only a select few young people have the opportunity to experience.
Shirley
Stroke
Shirley Howell, a 47-year-old mother of one, had her life turned upside down following a stroke in 2007 at the age of 35. Since joining Rocky Bay, Shirley had progressed through her post-stroke neurological rehabilitation extremely well and had achieved many of the goals she had set herself over the years.
Ariana
Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis
Rocky Bay customer Ariana Pila was left with very limited movement and cognitive ability in a severe vegetative comatose state, following a diagnosis of Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis in 2013 at the age of 16.
Shaun
Amputations (Single/Multiple)
Shaun kicks goals in rehabilitation. In April 2015, Shaun Cole suffered a stroke which saw him spend more than six months in hospital.
Maria
Down Syndrome
Family has played a significant part in Rocky Bay’s very cheeky and happy customer Maria Bassano’s life.
Leah
Down Syndrome
Leah, a bubbly 21-year-old with Down Syndrome, had been searching for meaningful employment for some time, and even though she had extensive work experience.
Nick + Tyler
Intellectual Disability
The Rocky Bay Wishing Tree made a dream come true for customers Nick and Tyler. Nick and Tyler embarked on a five-day high seas ocean voyage on a round trip from Fremantle.
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