My life on the Autism Spectrum

Date 21 December 2020
Author Ilana Estelle
I hated having to struggle through mentally challenging issues as a child later finding out it was autism; on the other hand, I love what it has allowed me to do and hate that I have been singled out because I live with a ...
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Realities of Covid

Date 19 December 2020
Author Ilana Estelle
I like many, will go to bed anxious and wake up still anxious around Covid, because of the way the UK Government is handling it. How I manage living with a disability, is the difference between me remaining calm and me feeling ...
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Changing yourself

Date 14 December 2020
Author Ilana Estelle
We all need to be the change; we all should want to see change in the world. We should all want to do better; we should all want to be better. My Spiritual Beliefs I go to my spiritual beliefs because this is where it all starts. Through ...
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The Covid Vaccine

Date 10 December 2020
Author Ilana Estelle
I am dealing with autism in the pandemic, and none of it gets any easier. Even with measures in place, the UK government isn't allaying my fears. News of the virus affects me News around the virus affects me, it's why I write ...
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Children want the Truth

Date 8 December 2020
Author Ilana Estelle
As babies we're born with truth. But as life continues, we grow and hurt when we’re not being told the truth. Children intuitively know what they’re dealing with and what their struggles are. They live with hope. I wanted to ...
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Covid-19 and My Disability

Date 5 December 2020
Author Ilana Estelle
It is because I have cerebral palsy that I have respiratory disease, a disorder that affects the airways and the lungs. My disability has become even more relevant in Covid-19 times, if I fail to stay safe. I write about the pandemic ...
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My life is no accident

Date 1 December 2020
Author Ilana Estelle
What I have lived through has become purposeful. My birth injury and the life I have subsequently lived wasn’t an accident. All the hardships I endured were mapped out for me long before I was born. If anyone of those experiences ...
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The last piece of the jigsaw

Date 26 November 2020
Author Ilana Estelle
The hardest thing for me is hearing the recent truth of how I got to this place. Now 11 years into my initial cerebral palsy diagnosis, there is one last piece of the jigsaw to add, that I couldn’t have foreseen or anticipated without looking ...
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Preconceptions

Date 22 November 2020
Author Ilana Estelle
Growing up, I didn’t have any preconceptions or opinions on my disability or what those meant. I had to wait until such a time I could find out what it all really meant. We owe it to ourselves I owed it to myself to understand myself ...
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On the right path

Date 18 November 2020
Author Ilana Estelle
I never thought about the right path growing up because that wasn’t my life. I also lived with a disability I didn’t know I had, it’s just how that went. It was easier to block it out, but it would never go completely. If you’re on the right path you…
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A Conversation with Mum

Date 15 November 2020
Author Ilana Estelle
At the age of 46, I began the journey of piecing together my life and understanding my disability. This process involved revisiting my past experiences with great care. I have always been sensitive to the energies of others ...
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Being responsible for ourselves

Date 10 November 2020
Author Ilana Estelle
I am not sure how old I was when I came to realise that being responsible for myself was important. Looking back it had everything to do with being left to emotionally work through a disability I didn’t know I had. Taking the ...
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