In the Blink of an Eye: The Story of Mia Austin and Her Triumph over Locked-In Syndrome

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We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and improve our understanding of you. Mia was nominated for Merseyside Woman of the year 2019 and was announced the winner on Friday and this is a recognition for all of her charity work, campaigning, writing a book and being a role model for thousands of people thank you for every single person who voted for her you have no idea how much it would of meant to her to know she had won we just wish she had of been there to see it. 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,” she said.

The hearing in Caernarfon heard Mia had initially been fed on a liquid only diet before being able to eat soft foods. Mia Louise Austin inspired thousands of people after suffering a stroke which left her unable to move or speak. While Mia can see, hear, and think as normal, she cannot move from the neck down and has to be fed through a tube. We’ve all got each other’s backs and were all there to help each other grow and I really love that ‘Polly’ has implemented that. This is a recognition for all of her charity work, campaigning, writing a book and being a role model for thousands of people thank you for every single person who voted for her you have no idea how much it would of meant to her to know she had won we just wish she had of been there to see it.Mia has touched the lives of thousands of people and the World is worse off for not having her in it. Pathologist Dr Mohammed Aslam said death was due to asphyxia with her condition noted as a contributory factor. Carole Van Niekerk said: "I’m absolutely devastated to hear this, for her, for her family and for her friends. While holidaying at the park in Abersoch in June this year, Ms Austin indicated to her mother and carer she wanted to eat a marshmallow. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times.

There was a lot of training, I think we trained eight months of rehab before we could get back with the team,” Austin said. She was a party animal before her incident but she doesn’t let it stop her doing anything now, either - she doesn’t class herself as disabled. 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. Her parents were told the stroke would prove fatal, but she defied the odds and survived, travelling around the world and writing a book about her life story using just her eyes. She died just two days before she was named Merseyside Woman of 2019 for her charity work and had been excited at the prospect of attending the ceremony, the inquest heard.There’s a lot of pressure on her [Austin] on the outside, but we try to make sure that inside our four walls, she can control what she can control,” Polatajko said. During her time on the sidelines, Austin was able to tap into the knowledge of the experienced Carlton forward line, with Jess Dal Pos, Brea Moody, Phoebe McWilliams and Darcy Vescio being the sounding boards for the 19-year-old.