pendulum

Self acceptance pendulum

I’m in an uncomfortable state of shifting thoughts and feelings lately. I’ve written in the past 6 months about learning to live better with an increased understanding of my needs. But writing about it is easier than the doing of it. It is one thing to process these things as thoughts, and another entirely to live it. Continue reading

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The lure of indistinguishability

All my life I have wanted to blend in. I have wanted to be understood, to feel safe, to be able to tolerate a bit of vulnerability without needing to retreat for days to recover, and to be accepted for who I am. I have tried so hard to look the part, talk the talk, be one of the gang. It’s possible people do actually perceive that I have achieved that, but in my mind I have not. I have always still felt on the outside and uncomfortable, no matter what I have done to fit in. Continue reading

All of us

 

A while back I wrote an article about my experience when The Mighty approached me requesting to republish one of my blog posts, and it has experienced a surge in views recently as the social media reaction to The Mighty amongst disabled advocates and activists has played out.

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Neurodiversity vs “The Mighty”

On the 28th of April 2015 I published an article called “the basics of neurodiversity”. (It was on my old blog, but you can see it on my new website by clicking here. It will open in a new window.) Somehow, an editor at ‘The Mighty’ stumbled across the article and liked it enough to get in touch on 8 June and request permission to republish it. {In case you don’t know about The Mighty I’ve included a link >> here << so you can see their website via donotlink.} Continue reading