Emilia Clarke survived two life threatening brain haemorrhages while working on Game of Thrones. She decided to share her story and start SameYou to increase awareness that 1 in 3 people will be affected by brain injury and of the gap between the need and the lack of recovery care.
SameYou's purpose is for brain injury survivors to feel they haven't lost the person they were before.
When your brain is injured, it is called an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI). ABI is primarily made up of stroke, brain tumour and traumatic brain injury (where sudden trauma to the brain is caused by external force such as a fall, sports concussion or road traffic accident).
Reports say that more than 135 million worldwide are living with brain injury. This is an underestimate of the scale of the problem due to the lack of focus on brain injury.
You will know someone with a brain injury at some point, and they will not receive the care they need.