About UsExecutive Officer, Nick Rushworth
Nick Rushworth is Executive Officer of Brain Injury Australia - the national peak acquired brain injury (ABI) advocacy organisation representing the needs of people with an ABI, their families and carers.
He was also President of the Brain Injury Association of New South Wales between 2004 and 2008.
In 1996, armed with a bicycle, Nick attacked two cars. The cars won, but Nick’s recovery from a severe traumatic brain injury was exceptional.
(Above; Nick Rushworth with daughter Madeleine)
Before joining Brain Injury Australia, Nick worked for the Northern Territory Government setting up their new "Office of Disability". Formerly a producer with the Nine Television Network’s “Sunday” program and ABC Radio National, Nick’s journalism has won a number of awards, including a Silver World Medal at the New York Festival and a TV Week Logie Award.
Read the story of Nick Rushworth, our Executive Officer, from the June 2009 edition of "Link" disability magazine. (PDF, 414 KB)
Read Nick Rushworth’s keynote address(PDF, 82 KB) to the conference of the Community Re-Entry Program, School of Special Education and Disability Studies, Flinders University, October, 2000.
