“…Acquired brain injury, as a result of stroke and traumatic brain injury, affects Australia's First Peoples (hereafter referred to as Aboriginal people) at a significant rate (Esterman et al, 2018, Katzenellenbogen et al, 2018, Katzenellenbogen et al, 2016, You et al, 2015 and the impact is felt by individuals, families and communities (Armstrong et al, 2015(Armstrong et al, , 2019a(Armstrong et al, , 2019b. However, access to brain injury rehabilitation services for Aboriginal people is reported to be often limited, and there is very little support outside of the hospital environment for the person involved, extended family or community (Armstrong et al, 2015, 2019a, 2019b, Fitts et al, 2019. Our recent research involving Aboriginal brain injury survivors and their families revealed that people often manage 'on their own' following such events.…”