06/04/2026
June is APHASIA awareness month.
Our family began following Geoff's journey a couple of years before Addi was struck by a car.
Not all brain injuries are traumatic. Some are severe due to blunt force, like Addi's and some are caused by health issues.
For Geoff, his brain injury was caused by a stroke. His beautiful wife Jo is his caregiver and she has recorded their journey and shares it with the world to raise awareness.
I agree with her fully. It is really sad when certain videos aren't pushed out or simply do not get enough attention because it's not a funny video or maybe what people typically would want to see.
What the honest truth is, is that these survivors .. what they deal with in public is unfair. The public is genuinely uneducated about the cognitive disabilities that come with surviving something that people like Geoff and Addi have survived.
For someone like Geoff, he shows some signs physically that something has happened to him. Without awareness one might not understand that his cognitive or emotional output is part of something he survived.
For Addi, it's all cognitive. Her disabilities for the most part is a small limp sometimes - otherwise it's all cognitive. What she goes through in the public eye in the feature might be very confusing. Her emotional output might come across as though she is tired and acting out or seeking attention hyper.
Awareness is everything.
I say all the time that the life term symptoms of a brain injury need to be discussed just as much as autism.
We send all of our love and support over seas to Geoff, Jo & their family.
4 June 2026. If I put a photo on of Geoff in his pink bikini, there would be awareness raised that there was this funny man on social media that dresses in women's clothes! So I need a 🙌 or a comment to say you've seen this!
Why are we not afforded the same exposure, when we are raising awareness? Did you know that we've fought tooth and nail to raise awareness of the difficulties someone can experience after stroke?
Awareness is so hard on social media, because most aren't interested in reading an article. They want to see real life, something they can relate to and I do totally get it, but it doesn't help us in our mission sadly! We have to do it all through reality videos, which doesn't have the same impact.
As June is Aphasia awareness month and one of Geoff's biggest deficits, the basics you need to know are that Aphasia is a language and communication difficulty, typically following a stroke.
It can affect speaking, understanding, reading, writing and numbers. In Geoffs case, it affected every area sadly.
You know what you need to do to help us if you can. Helping us, helps others.
Give us a 🙌
