Inspiring. My boyfriend who's 52 was assaulted by 5 young men who beat his head 09/04/21. He was a surfer, avid runner & loved to dance. One day at a time. My TBI guy just started ABI.
This young man is simply remarkable by overcoming any adversity that he encounters through sheer determination and a positive attitude. He will go far in life ⭐️
Such a handsome, determined, and impressive man. Aiden, if you ever read this, congrats on all you've accomplished. Keep on fighting, you beautiful person, you. 💜
I thoroughly enjoyed watching this and have sent it to my grandson to watch as he also has had a traumatic brain injury. There is a lot I find really encouraging watching Aiden. Firstly his attitude and the way he keeps pushing himself to get better. We can all take a leaf out of his book.
This is so inspiring to me, I suffered a massive stroke 3 years ago from stress and am Partially Paralyzed on my left side. I was a medical technician before and want to work so badly. I am a stroke recovery coach now, but this makes me want to go out and do more. Thank you for sharing. ♥️
Amazing how Aiden was able to go from being in a wheelchair to walking and to continue self rehabilitation at the gym. Btw, that personal trainer is pretty awesome. Like his perspective on how Aiden's arm/hand and leg can continue to get better with a certain type of exercising and by relaxing those muscles (while exercising) to improve their functionality.
@@zachall101 I watched it again, trying to see whether I did "miss out" on a very negative aspect. After trying to understand your perspective, I can only say it amazes me how people can come to such wildly different assessments from the same video. I am against racism entirely and have friends of different cultures and races, but "went to sort it out" (what his mom said) and "defended his racist friend" (what you wrote) aren't the same thing. I don't know if he ever told the other guy to stop or not, but if they were driving past each other there wasn't even an opportunity for the acquaintance to continue saying whatever he was saying (I presume it was a "he" but that isn't even clear). It sounds like one guy said 1 bad thing (unclear what it even was) while 2 cars were driving past each other, and then this occurred. So it seems that you are reading a lot into things here that weren't stated in the video and coming to a very negative opinion. You seem to suggest that he somehow deserved what happened to him (a life-threatening and certainly a life-altering brain injury) because an acquaintance said something "unacceptable". I don't agree with that, but I will simply agree with you that racism is unacceptable. Maybe you can agree that given his current circumstances, he has made the best of it. Peace.
What an amazing man! What a huge positive impact you make as you go about living your life. EXTREMELY inspirational to everyone experiencing any sort of challenge! Your attitude is so uplifting 💜
What a fighter! ( must be the 🇳🇱 blood 😉) My brother spent weeks in a coma àfter a motorcycle accident. He had to learn to walk and talk again but now is married with 3 kids. My son has Cerebral Palsy. I understand the determination it takes to improve function. Youŕe amazing Aidan! God bless you and your family
This young man inspires and encourages me not only to keep trying to overcome the health challenges I face but also to try more often, to stay positive. There are many tiny changes I know I can make, just need to figure out which change is the next step. Blessings, Dot
Stay strong stay positive keep going doing amazing things I have hypoxia brain injury I died 26minutes spent weeks months in coma rehab hospital learning talk walk again been a recovery massive discovery never ever give up on yourself many will never yourselves keep going doing amazing things sending luck hugs prayers most of all love from headway Nottingham UK takecare xxx
Seems to me the new Botox protocol used for cerebral palsy patients would help Aiden. Botox stops the neurotransmitter from firing and releases tight muscles. I hope someone offers his the treatment. Best of luck Aiden. You’ve come a long way!
Aidan you rock sweetheart. It’s so refreshing to meet you. In a way, it made me feel like a bag of lazy, fat human flesh though. I’ve got Cerebral Palsy and basically lost the ability to stand when my hip gave out in 2008. I go through phases of doing my daily exercises properly. Then I end up self medicating with food and sugar, end up gaining another 5 Ibs. feeling depressed, fat and disgusting. Now I’m working on going vegan. I still eat chicken, turkey mince and ham right now, but only while I’m working on finding replacements that aren’t vile. Red meat and dairy are gone now. I still like fish though coz it’s so good for us! I dunno maybe I’m a pescatarian? Lol anyway. I’m proud of you mate! Keep on keeping on!
Sometimes it pays not to listen to doctor's when they say somebody will never walk again. All the best with dating Aiden and I hope they found the person who assaulted you
This was me. He has a remarkable spirit. I have no doubt he is going to make it. Healthy fats and TIME will help. Neuroplasticity is very real. He also has an amazing family. How is he (you) doing now, a year after this video?
Good reason to know the people that you're with and not start shit, especially on the road. Not saying he deserved what happened since it wasn't even him that yelled out of the car, but I don't understand why people are acting like this was unprovoked. He put himself in a bad position by stopping and getting out of his car thinking he could somehow reason with the other person.
Increíble,I found this great video,I had seizure,like three months ego. Mine TBI was 5 years ego,two years ego with out medicine,nothing happened,until I was eating hot pizza,and hot souse.Thank for your inspiration help many others.😮
One thing I like about light-skinned people they don't have fears on getting help in holding and holding the are getting help in the right way I like that about them that's why I enjoy being around them they encourage me and give me strength to fight and fight for myself and my family and to move on in this life I learned a lot from them that's why I said I would like to be your friend because being your friend I learn a lot from them I'm not that far as far as in the head or out of the head because I have not had the privilege if they had and neither has my parents I don't think and if they did they didn't put it to use like some of the other or they didn't it was worth the fight for what they believed in and held on to it so we can have a future and plan to look you have everything I noticed see from the beginning I have nothing but memories from my beginning I black out what I think is really bad bad bad bad and I covered with everything I think is good good good good good good this way I don't see it and I grow I grow without hatred to hurt and harm or whatever to learn to accept people and enjoy people even through that whatever I learned to overlooked it and accept and get what I need out of it and what I don't need I just don't worry about it I see you live that way you like that you're very forward and you speak out you're not hurting anyone and you it's not in your heart to me you just say what's on your mind I am like that too I get this life because I'm not in the race to be able to speak out or to look upon that I can speak out when I'm not around my own and because of my own people that is my race shift so much hardship or whatever they are too touchy so even with me I have to be careful what I say because I'll end up getting beat up and carrying on also haha haha so these are things that we can laugh about today and cry also but we'd rather laugh I choose to laugh not to cry so much how about you.?
Hi Aiden thank you so much for letting me know what's been happening to I've had it the same way I had butt from my husband from Romania I feel he did it deliberately he played like he I'm having the same whatever now I've been hanging in there you are lucky and very fortunate you have someone me I don't have anyone but my daughter she's too young to be supported like what's supported but she did what she could written me up I guess for laziness and mentally unbalanced if you're wondering I'm writing this to you I'm not I'm speaking to you and the phone I like to be around you because I admire your support I really need your support I like to get in touch with you it's so funny you like the things that I like to do the difference that I'm a lady you are I've always liked to make things with whatever I like everything homemade I grew up very poor I didn't have a hey Dad so are the girl growing up I've been through a lot I've been beat up left and right and so has my mother was trying to defend me Aiden I would like to meet you and to be able to be a friend of yours and to be around you I feel like a failure like I've never did anything worthwhile I need your courage and your friendship I'm going to look you up and I'm going to call you I have something you can fix you love fixing things we can fix it together today is Sunday and it's so funny I dreamed about an old antique piece of furniture it was throwing it out and pushing I said I want it in the dream but they says what are you going to do when it's nothing you can do with it it's so old and whatever and I said no it just needs something to so it was cold and yellow and I said I'm going to try this pink flowery pretty and the minute I put the pink up against it it sparkled and it looks so beautiful and then I said I'm going to trim it and white it was so beautiful it just changed whatever I don't know what that dream was about but it's so strange that I open up my phone to do some prayers and came across first I saw it says man's divorce wife divorcing man from traumatic brain suffering from traumatic brain injury and I said what and it came across I'm sorry what happened to you and I'm also as much sorry what happened to me life haven't been so niceI don't want to go around with everybody in my business telling them that my husband did something to me and I've been beat up not one time but a few times really bad injuries to my it's wrong that a coward man could take and be a woman especially chipped go at her face and head he wants to destroy her I see that you are a good man and so am I am a good lady and I feel sometimes this would happen to people that care about other people and doesn't want to see injuries did to but try to keep look up your phone number and please welcome me a friend I would love to have you a friend I don't want to keep claiming things but I think I meant to try to be in the beginning of mine I'm so grateful for you doing this video because now I know what's happening with me or trying to happen to me but I will fight it like you I'm a mother and a grandmother I need to hold on for myself and then there are no support to me to tell you the truth I think they are afraid of me and think that I'm very troubled I'm not troubled I'm just trying to live and hold on I'm not going to let them put me in geriatric and call me old when they know I've had and they cast it all like that to leave me I refuse to die and get well and move on and as for the people that harmed I'm not a hypocrite to say I I don't forgive them I really from my mouth I forgive them but from my heart ❤️ I don't because they have taken a lot from my life something I cannot renew or forget and specially single mother that was very unprivileged very unprivileged and
Consider a rest home at 22? Some people may never understand how much our children mean to us. Regardless of the condition after an injury a rest home is not an option for our kids.
I agree. It's interesting that none of the comments address the fact that Aiden was/is friends with someone who yells racist slurs out his car window. I know my friends well enough to know what their morals, values, politics and beliefs are and I know that not a single person in my friend group would ever yell a racist slur at someone.
Almost 4 months ago my brother Had a heart attack and as a result have hypoxic brain injuury... initially he can only open his eyes with limited look around movement.. now He can move his lips tongue eyebrows elbow,feet finger,shoulder and head ..but very little. And he yawns too Almost after a month he started breathing on his own... initially was put on a ventilator .. He was initially having food through NG tube now doctors have inserted through stomach what they say as "peg tube". He also have tracheostomy tube in the neck Also mri scans have shown global or severe hypoxic brain injuury He is only 33 . he also produce tears in both eyes.. he cannot even control his head ... ... Right now he is discharge from the hospital and we are caring for at home we are doing physiotherapy ourselves. To protect him from bed sores We are changing his position every hour on bed
This is why violence is never the answer, the damage you can cause... Good on you Aiden, you are truly an inspiration
True.
Inspiring. My boyfriend who's 52 was assaulted by 5 young men who beat his head 09/04/21. He was a surfer, avid runner & loved to dance. One day at a time. My TBI guy just started ABI.
Got an injury of my own and when he said pain is temporary it really boosted to resolve to get through it. Cheers Aiden.
Not true.
This young man is simply remarkable by overcoming any adversity that he encounters through sheer determination and a positive attitude. He will go far in life ⭐️
A strong support system is vital too. His family are great.
@@charlottetaylor4471 yes they are
Strong support system and his strong will to live kept him alive and it kept him going...I'm so inspired by his story.
Me too.
Your problems do not seem too big relative to this chap- ey?
Such a handsome, determined, and impressive man. Aiden, if you ever read this, congrats on all you've accomplished. Keep on fighting, you beautiful person, you. 💜
I thoroughly enjoyed watching this and have sent it to my grandson to watch as he also has had a traumatic brain injury. There is a lot I find really encouraging watching Aiden. Firstly his attitude and the way he keeps pushing himself to get better. We can all take a leaf out of his book.
How is your grandson doing now Kayze? I got a mTBI too- doing much better.
@@MOAB-UT Thank you for asking. He is doing much better, and glad to hear that you are too.
😀@@Kayze1242
This is so inspiring to me, I suffered a massive stroke 3 years ago from stress and am Partially Paralyzed on my left side. I was a medical technician before and want to work so badly. I am a stroke recovery coach now, but this makes me want to go out and do more. Thank you for sharing. ♥️
In recovery from my own issues and hemiplegia makes things fun LOL Aiden really inspires 👍 Best to you in your recovery ❤️🙏💞
Amazing how Aiden was able to go from being in a wheelchair to walking and to continue self rehabilitation at the gym. Btw, that personal trainer is pretty awesome. Like his perspective on how Aiden's arm/hand and leg can continue to get better with a certain type of exercising and by relaxing those muscles (while exercising) to improve their functionality.
Adan, you're a very driven, consistent, positive, strong, smart, loved, and inspirational handsome man. Simply put, you're amazing👍🏼👍🏼💪🏽💪🏽👏🏽👏🏽🤩❤🙏🏽!
What a great guy! I love his attitude. An he could not have any better parents - they are simply wonderful. Truly an inspiration on all counts.
True.
@@zachall101 I watched it again, trying to see whether I did "miss out" on a very negative aspect. After trying to understand your perspective, I can only say it amazes me how people can come to such wildly different assessments from the same video. I am against racism entirely and have friends of different cultures and races, but "went to sort it out" (what his mom said) and "defended his racist friend" (what you wrote) aren't the same thing. I don't know if he ever told the other guy to stop or not, but if they were driving past each other there wasn't even an opportunity for the acquaintance to continue saying whatever he was saying (I presume it was a "he" but that isn't even clear). It sounds like one guy said 1 bad thing (unclear what it even was) while 2 cars were driving past each other, and then this occurred. So it seems that you are reading a lot into things here that weren't stated in the video and coming to a very negative opinion. You seem to suggest that he somehow deserved what happened to him (a life-threatening and certainly a life-altering brain injury) because an acquaintance said something "unacceptable". I don't agree with that, but I will simply agree with you that racism is unacceptable. Maybe you can agree that given his current circumstances, he has made the best of it. Peace.
Aiden, you have come back from so much and provide such inspiration to a lot of people. You could probably have a career as an inspirational speaker.
He's good ey.
What an amazing man! What a huge positive impact you make as you go about living your life. EXTREMELY inspirational to everyone experiencing any sort of challenge! Your attitude is so uplifting 💜
Brilliant and brave young man
Really brilliant 👏
Great mind set young man. Any parent will be proud of you. Thanks for the lessons in your journey.
True.
Doctors were switching machine off I wroke up lol never give up you got this sending luck hugs love from headway Nottingham UK takecare xxx
People who do these things to others.....
Amazing, the strength you have. Go far, you will achieve success
What a fighter! ( must be the 🇳🇱 blood 😉) My brother spent weeks in a coma àfter a motorcycle accident. He had to learn to walk and talk again but now is married with 3 kids. My son has Cerebral Palsy. I understand the determination it takes to improve function. Youŕe amazing Aidan! God bless you and your family
A remarkable young man. Bless him.
That's good!
It's inspiring.
My TBI happened in 2014 and until now, wheelchair. Not walking yet.
2019 here, been about the same for 3 years, but not giving up! Best to you❤️🙏
@@lulumoon6942 To you as well.
This young man inspires and encourages me not only to keep trying to overcome the health challenges I face but also to try more often, to stay positive. There are many tiny changes I know I can make, just need to figure out which change is the next step.
Blessings, Dot
Stay strong stay positive keep going doing amazing things I have hypoxia brain injury I died 26minutes spent weeks months in coma rehab hospital learning talk walk again been a recovery massive discovery never ever give up on yourself many will never yourselves keep going doing amazing things sending luck hugs prayers most of all love from headway Nottingham UK takecare xxx
Amazing person and recovery! 💛
Absolutely uhhhh-mazing! Love his outlook! All the best ♡
Me too.
♥ Such a sweet guy
Aiden is a warrior💪🏾
True.
Can only hope one of my daughter's meets a young man as motivated and driven in life. Inspiring young man
Is she also going through such time?
Doing great Aiden!
Excellent.
Awesome....recovery.
God bless him. Hes a handsome young man. Wish him the best ❤
"I asked him whether he was angry and he said what is the point. Then it is gonna hurt me" Words of a wise man
Prayers 🤲🙏
Thank You Aidan for sharing your story. Inspirational!
Seems to me the new Botox protocol used for cerebral palsy patients would help Aiden. Botox stops the neurotransmitter from firing and releases tight muscles. I hope someone offers his the treatment. Best of luck Aiden. You’ve come a long way!
I like your thinking. I have similar issues to Aiden and just yesterday saw an Aussie spot about CP and Botox and wondered if...
@@lulumoon6942 Try it! It can’t hurt and it’s not permanent. Good luck 🍀
Absolutely incredible Aidan! Your strength and motivation is honestly mind blowing! Legend.
It is ey.
What a phenomenal young man. Still as handsome and charming with such enormous will.
True ey.
You legend mate!!
Aidan you rock sweetheart. It’s so refreshing to meet you. In a way, it made me feel like a bag of lazy, fat human flesh though. I’ve got Cerebral Palsy and basically lost the ability to stand when my hip gave out in 2008.
I go through phases of doing my daily exercises properly. Then I end up self medicating with food and sugar, end up gaining another 5 Ibs. feeling depressed, fat and disgusting.
Now I’m working on going vegan. I still eat chicken, turkey mince and ham right now, but only while I’m working on finding replacements that aren’t vile. Red meat and dairy are gone now. I still like fish though coz it’s so good for us! I dunno maybe I’m a pescatarian?
Lol anyway. I’m proud of you mate! Keep on keeping on!
Tiggi, you sound like a blast, best to you in your journey ❤️🙏💞
Sometimes it pays not to listen to doctor's when they say somebody will never walk again. All the best with dating Aiden and I hope they found the person who assaulted you
VERY TRUE. They are trained in the worst possible outcomes, not best!
This was me. He has a remarkable spirit. I have no doubt he is going to make it. Healthy fats and TIME will help. Neuroplasticity is very real. He also has an amazing family. How is he (you) doing now, a year after this video?
Good reason to know the people that you're with and not start shit, especially on the road. Not saying he deserved what happened since it wasn't even him that yelled out of the car, but I don't understand why people are acting like this was unprovoked. He put himself in a bad position by stopping and getting out of his car thinking he could somehow reason with the other person.
Increíble,I found this great video,I had seizure,like three months ego. Mine TBI was 5 years ego,two years ego with out medicine,nothing happened,until I was eating hot pizza,and hot souse.Thank for your inspiration help many others.😮
God what an inspiration.
"Pain is temporary, it's not going to kill you." --Aiden
It can.
Great 👍
What happened to the "person" who hit you? Did he get any prison time?
One thing I like about light-skinned people they don't have fears on getting help in holding and holding the are getting help in the right way I like that about them that's why I enjoy being around them they encourage me and give me strength to fight and fight for myself and my family and to move on in this life I learned a lot from them that's why I said I would like to be your friend because being your friend I learn a lot from them I'm not that far as far as in the head or out of the head because I have not had the privilege if they had and neither has my parents I don't think and if they did they didn't put it to use like some of the other or they didn't it was worth the fight for what they believed in and held on to it so we can have a future and plan to look you have everything I noticed see from the beginning I have nothing but memories from my beginning I black out what I think is really bad bad bad bad and I covered with everything I think is good good good good good good this way I don't see it and I grow I grow without hatred to hurt and harm or whatever to learn to accept people and enjoy people even through that whatever I learned to overlooked it and accept and get what I need out of it and what I don't need I just don't worry about it I see you live that way you like that you're very forward and you speak out you're not hurting anyone and you it's not in your heart to me you just say what's on your mind I am like that too I get this life because I'm not in the race to be able to speak out or to look upon that I can speak out when I'm not around my own and because of my own people that is my race shift so much hardship or whatever they are too touchy so even with me I have to be careful what I say because I'll end up getting beat up and carrying on also haha haha so these are things that we can laugh about today and cry also but we'd rather laugh I choose to laugh not to cry so much how about you.?
Question? What happened to the person who punched him?
That's what I want to know!
I wouldn't be surprised if he is able to reverse this completely eventually.
There's only one type of person who would punch someone over being called a racial slur. Way to prove them wrong man.
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Did they ever find and charge the person who punched him???
SRSLY
yes, he was found not guilty of causing GBH
@@ThurstonWatt found not guilty? In what shjthole justice system?
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💛
HOW TRAGIC
Proud of you kiddo xxx
Hi Aiden thank you so much for letting me know what's been happening to I've had it the same way I had butt from my husband from Romania I feel he did it deliberately he played like he I'm having the same whatever now I've been hanging in there you are lucky and very fortunate you have someone me I don't have anyone but my daughter she's too young to be supported like what's supported but she did what she could written me up I guess for laziness and mentally unbalanced if you're wondering I'm writing this to you I'm not I'm speaking to you and the phone I like to be around you because I admire your support I really need your support I like to get in touch with you it's so funny you like the things that I like to do the difference that I'm a lady you are I've always liked to make things with whatever I like everything homemade I grew up very poor I didn't have a hey Dad so are the girl growing up I've been through a lot I've been beat up left and right and so has my mother was trying to defend me Aiden I would like to meet you and to be able to be a friend of yours and to be around you I feel like a failure like I've never did anything worthwhile I need your courage and your friendship I'm going to look you up and I'm going to call you I have something you can fix you love fixing things we can fix it together today is Sunday and it's so funny I dreamed about an old antique piece of furniture it was throwing it out and pushing I said I want it in the dream but they says what are you going to do when it's nothing you can do with it it's so old and whatever and I said no it just needs something to so it was cold and yellow and I said I'm going to try this pink flowery pretty and the minute I put the pink up against it it sparkled and it looks so beautiful and then I said I'm going to trim it and white it was so beautiful it just changed whatever I don't know what that dream was about but it's so strange that I open up my phone to do some prayers and came across first I saw it says man's divorce wife divorcing man from traumatic brain suffering from traumatic brain injury and I said what and it came across I'm sorry what happened to you and I'm also as much sorry what happened to me life haven't been so niceI don't want to go around with everybody in my business telling them that my husband did something to me and I've been beat up not one time but a few times really bad injuries to my it's wrong that a coward man could take and be a woman especially chipped go at her face and head he wants to destroy her I see that you are a good man and so am I am a good lady and I feel sometimes this would happen to people that care about other people and doesn't want to see injuries did to but try to keep look up your phone number and please welcome me a friend I would love to have you a friend I don't want to keep claiming things but I think I meant to try to be in the beginning of mine I'm so grateful for you doing this video because now I know what's happening with me or trying to happen to me but I will fight it like you I'm a mother and a grandmother I need to hold on for myself and then there are no support to me to tell you the truth I think they are afraid of me and think that I'm very troubled I'm not troubled I'm just trying to live and hold on I'm not going to let them put me in geriatric and call me old when they know I've had and they cast it all like that to leave me I refuse to die and get well and move on and as for the people that harmed I'm not a hypocrite to say I I don't forgive them I really from my mouth I forgive them but from my heart ❤️ I don't because they have taken a lot from my life something I cannot renew or forget and specially single mother that was very unprivileged very unprivileged and
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Consider a rest home at 22? Some people may never understand how much our children mean to us. Regardless of the condition after an injury a rest home is not an option for our kids.
Shame on his racist friend for provoking the assault.
I agree. It's interesting that none of the comments address the fact that Aiden was/is friends with someone who yells racist slurs out his car window. I know my friends well enough to know what their morals, values, politics and beliefs are and I know that not a single person in my friend group would ever yell a racist slur at someone.
Lmao you both are delisuonal, racial slur= knocking out the first guy that leaves the car. Makes total sense...
Words never, NEVER, warrant violence. Shame on you for excusing it. Disgusting.
Prayers
Almost 4 months ago my brother
Had a heart attack and as a result have hypoxic brain injuury...
initially he can only open his eyes with limited look around movement..
now
He can move his lips tongue eyebrows elbow,feet finger,shoulder and head ..but very little. And he yawns too
Almost after a month he started breathing on his own... initially was put on a ventilator
..
He was initially having food through NG tube now doctors have inserted through stomach what they say as "peg tube".
He also have tracheostomy tube in the neck
Also mri scans have shown global or severe hypoxic brain injuury
He is only 33
.
he also produce tears in both eyes..
he cannot even control his head ...
...
Right now he is discharge from the hospital and we are caring for at home we are doing physiotherapy ourselves.
To protect him from bed sores
We are changing his position every hour on bed
Was the perpetrator ever caught and prosecuted for injuring this young man?
Many wonder.
Only cowards use sucker punches. Glad you could recover mate!
Prayers 🤲🙏