Two-time Paralympic gold medalist Alexa Leary

Wednesday, 15 July 2026 - 5:00pm to 5:30pm
Alexa Leary

Winner of two Paralympic gold medals and one silver medal in Paris 2024, Alexa Leary OAM, is known for her extraordinary resilience. She's today’s guest on our radio show Brainwaves, and will discuss Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), mental health challenges and disability. After a life-threatening cycling accident in 2021 left Alexa with a severe Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), she undertook a remarkable rehabilitation journey, relearning to walk, talk, and rebuild her independence. Alexa's book 'Sink or Swim': Defying the Odds tells her story.

Wednesday 5:00pm to 5:30pm
Challenging the mainstream, negative stereotypes of people with a mental illness, Brainwaves actively engages those living with a mental illness as researchers, interviewers, performers and program designers while promoting community mental health awareness.

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