The hearing in Caernarfon heard Mia had initially been fed on a liquid only diet before being able to eat soft foods. Heartbreakingly, Mia passed away on Wednesday, June 26 - just two days before she was named Merseyside's Woman of the Year. Mrs Austin had told the inquest her daughter had gradually learned how to eat soft food after the stroke, but had also experienced choking incidents before. It is obviously a very sad time for us, but we are so happy that she succeeded in her efforts and we wish Laura the very best of luck in role as co-Merseyside Woman of the Year.

has used her time on the training track and with her coaches to take it as a positive and take the challenge in full stride. aking a strong contested mark inside the opening minutes of the season opener, Austin calmly slotted her first goal on debut against Collingwood, backing it up with a major against Essendon the next week. Her mum Carol told the inquest: "Apparently on Love Island they did a marshmallow challenge, you put marshmallows in the mouth. Carole Van Niekerk said: "I’m absolutely devastated to hear this, for her, for her family and for her friends.Coroner Dewi Pritchard Jones recorded a verdict of accidental death after the tragedy in June while the family were on holiday in Abersoch, North Wales. There was a lot of training, I think we trained eight months of rehab before we could get back with the team,” Austin said. I'm fortunate to live in the Cotswolds with my family, and my work is hampered by the Dogginator – an excitable spaniel, whose job is to keep me fit.

The hearing was told Mia's carer offered to cut the sweet before placing it in her mouth but Mia shook her head to say "no". We can all take our memories of Mia into our future lives and be thankful for the short, but memorable time we each have spent with her.Mia uses exercise to support her in her ongoing physical rehabilitation and fundamentally believes it is critical in supporting fellow survivors to lead as active a life as possible. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. Although she was left unable to speak, move and only able to communicate through eye movement, determined Mia pushed the boundaries to live her life to the full. 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. Its short snippets of what I can remember of my journey from the night before my accident, through to each ward I was thrown into, and finally, my coming home and getting my life back.

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.In her words Mia has said, “I am excited about this”, “Becoming an Ambassador for A Stroke of Luck beats any achievement”. I feel like she’s grown with confidence every week and she’s starting to learn how dominant she can be in the air and at ground level. My clients' books include 'Letters from Lebanon' by Caroline Karkoutli and 'In the Blink of an Eye' by Mia Austin, as well as other non-fiction ghostwriting. 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. The two of them are as thick as thieves and they are always scheming or planning something - they are planning on going to Sri Lanka together at the moment.

Later when Charlie confronted Roman about the ‘date’, he said it was just a business meeing and he wasn’t interested in Mia.Mia Austin, 29, from Bebington defied the odds after being diagnosed with locked-in syndrome in 2009.