Published on: 19/11/21
Mum Nicola Leyland has won the UKABIF Film Award 2021 for her film ‘A Freak Accident’.
The animation tells Isaac’s story. Isaac had a brain injury aged eight years when he was kicked in the head by a horse. The film documents the challenges the family faced and Isaac’s journey to significant recovery.
Nicola’s UKABIF Film Award was announced at the organisation’s Time for Change summit.
The annual award recognises a short film, of no more than three minutes, that raises awareness of the benefits of neurorehabilitation following an acquired brain injury.
Following his brain injury, Isaac received support from The Children’s Trust’s Brain Injury Community Service. In 2018, Nicola blogged on the alternative perspective to brain injury, and how this approach helped Isaac move forward, and spoke to Radio Oxford about Isaac’s recovery. Nicola also shared Isaac’s story in 2015.
The UKABIF Film Award is sponsored by Elysium Neurological.
