July is recognised as Disability Pride Month Worldwide, it was first observed in July 1990, to mark the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) — a landmark law prohibiting discrimination against people with disabilities. Globally, it serves as a time of reflection, celebration, education, and visibility. It’s a movement that encourages people with…
Turning forty didn’t break me. The quiet did. Not the absence of presents. Not the absence of a party. The absence of being witnessed. I have survived things that statistically swallow women whole. I have walked out of rooms that were meant to end me. I have rebuilt from rubble more than once. I have…
I spent years trying to understand myself using labels that never quite fit — like being handed the wrong instruction manual and being told the fault was in how I was reading it. Over time, I started blaming myself for that. A lot. Before my autism diagnosis, life felt confusing in ways I couldn’t articulate….
I’m a lived experience storyteller whose advocacy began long before I ever stepped into a speaking role. It started the day I lost my brother, Lucca, when I was 17. That moment split my life in two and I had no roadmap for what came next. I was a teenager trying to carry an adult-sized…
I woke to screaming. A sound so sharp it split the air, so relentless it seemed to scrape against the inside of my skull. It went on and on, threading through the walls, through my body, driving me to distraction. I rolled out of bed and ran, feet slapping against the floor, fleeing the noise…
Consumers Can Ask – A resource to assist discussion about treatment, discharge planning and post discharge support. Consumers Can Ask (ConCA) was developed to empower you to ask questions and provide a sense of agency over your treatment, discharge planning and post discharge support. The information is intended to be used at hospital and community…
When I was diagnosed with breast cancer at thirty-four, I thought the hardest part would be treatment. It wasn’t, it was everything that came after. People talk about survival as a finish line — you fight, you win, you move on but no one tells you how to live with a body that still startles…