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i am going through something at the moment. Aside from fighting for the funding needed to keep the cleaning service i need to not lose my home, we’re also trying to get approval for funding for online counselling with an autism spectrum specialising counsellor in Melbourne. Because the appointments cannot be face to face, they’d cost around $200 a ( Read more... )

today a man went into an elementary school in the US and opened fire. at the time of writing 28 people had died, 20 of those young children. today a man went into a primary school in china and stabbed 23 people, 22 of those were young children. these have both happened half the world away from me. but they hurt me deeply. i’ve been crying on and ( Read more... )

This post is in honour of a dear friend who suffers from chronic pain and is dealing with worse than usual pain at the moment.

Sometimes it can feel like fighting a war against your own body when you have chronic illness, chronic pain or disability. We fight back with medical help, support from family and friends and by just plain trying to pace ( Read more... )

A friend of mine, Kimbera Sherva, shared the following from the Facebook page “Have a Gay Day”

Last week, as part of a cultural discovery project for one of my classes, I spent three days wearing ‘girls’ clothes while going about my day. I wanted to explore the general reaction and preconceptions that people in my city have to clothi

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(author’s note: when i created this blog i never intended to review or advertise on this blog, and i still will not be doing much of it, but this book deserves talking about, so i will.)

As some of you know i am autistic. i like reading about and learning about the autism spectrum - all of it, not just where i’m assessed as being. i heard about ( Read more... )

i’m in a bit of a mood at the moment. over the weekend someone who should know better expressed a judgemental and dismissive attitude towards my health problems. specifically, in this case, my difficulties with the bins. for those playing from outside australia, our bins look a lot like this:


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Originally published at The Cat's Reflection