Mia Louise Austin inspired thousands of people after suffering a stroke which left her unable to move or speak. Mrs Austin told the inquest at Caernarfon that, after her daughter's stroke, she was fed a liquid diet but had progressed to eating soft food over the years. She said there had been previous choking incidents, including another at the holiday park when she choked on a burger. An amazingly frank,honest,insight into how unless can turn your life round literally In the blink of an eye. With her Round 8 AFLW Rising Star nomination bookending what has been a more than impressive first full season at Carlton, Austin has shown through her determined comeback to her scintillating form that this is just the start of a highlight-filled career.

At the age of 21, Mia was working as a Travel Agent and a regular at the gym living the life of a typical 21-year-old. We use cookies to collect information about how you use the Charity Commission Register of Charities and Digital Services, such as pages you visit. THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE.Recording a verdict of accidental death, North Wales senior coroner Dewi Pritchard Jones said the stroke had taken away Ms Austin's ability to cough or bring up anything that would cause choking. A 14 month stay in hospital followed with Mia writing poems and stories to keep her alert and occupied. At the start, I didn’t really know how to handle it but I feel like now I am taking it on as a challenge and just trusting what I’ve worked on,” Austin said. With the pressures that come with Austin’s Rising Star, Polatajko has given the 19-year-old reassurance that her team will support her the whole time. The Club also acknowledges and pays its respects to their Elders past and present and the Traditional Owners of the many lands on which we play our great game.

I feel like even before I got injured and when I was injured I was still learning from them," she said. She [Polatajko] has been awesome, I’ve really loved having her and I loved that it's such a family mentality in the forward line too," Austin said.I feel like she’s grown with confidence every week and she’s starting to learn how dominant she can be in the air and at ground level. Mia Austin, from the Wirral in Merseyside, was visiting a holiday park in north Wales when she tried to eat a marshmallow, an inquest in Caernarfon heard. While Mia can see, hear, and think as normal, she cannot move from the neck down and has to be fed through a tube.