Uncertainty

Date 22 November 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
"Growing up around a disability I didn’t know I had meant I lived with uncertainty, because I had no understanding on what I was dealing with. While I continued to struggle with my mental and emotional struggles, I also ...
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The Importance of Talking

Date 18 November 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
As a child, I was desperate to talk about my disability. Growing up and struggling through school, I wanted to know why I mentally and emotionally struggled, why I was failing, and why I couldn't make the grade. I also ...
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My Feelings as a Child

Date 12 November 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
"It's another personal blog because this was on my mind. My parents never talked emotionally about things, which meant I missed out on the opportunity for me to be able to process my feelings. Even with autism, with ...
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Finally Proving Myself

Date 10 November 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
Having finished my first book Cerebral Palsy: 'A Story' my thoughts turn to publication day, and I now have a new thinking. I never thought about how I would feel writing the book, or whether it would change me through the ...
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Knowledge is Power

Date 6 November 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
"With no understanding on my sensory issues, over the years, I have bought clothes that didn’t feel quite right, but I thought I could get past. Knowing would have saved me money, and those clothes could have gone to ...
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My Book is 'My Story'

Date 4 November 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
"Although I write about my experiences on my blog, around a disability I didn’t know I had, and I talk about my experiences, it is completely different to how the book reads. My book is 'my story'. As I take myself painfully ...
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A Different Slant on My Life

Date 1 November 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
"My experiences, my feelings on how I got to this place will never leave me. I am not wittingly choosing to carry those, or spite those who have done to this to me, but ignoring a child who has a disability and special needs, isn’t ...
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Deep Understanding

Date 28 October 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
"From around the age of 9 or 10, I was already putting some of the pieces of my life together, around my spiritual beliefs. We may have a deep understanding of our lives, from an early age, but we may not always be ready or ...
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My Fate Sealed

Date 25 October 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
"As a teenager, I remember overhearing a conversation between my parents, talking about my disability after my father had spoken with a friend of his who was a medical doctor, and who had a severely disabled daughter ...
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Reoccurring Nightmares

Date 23 October 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
Growing up not knowing what was wrong with me was my biggest nightmare. I had reoccurring nightmares going into and coming home from school everyday. Not being able to keep up with my peers, or school and feeling ...
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How the Universe Works

Date 21 October 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
"The universe is instrumental in all our lives, it is something we need to understand if we are to have access and use it successfully. I could never have imagined as a child, the success I would have through a diagnosis at the ...
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Overcoming Anxiety

Date 16 October 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
Although I deal with anxiety, and I choose not to be defined by it, I deal with autism, therefore it can be difficult to control. Anxiety is something I manage. Overthinking thoughts Maybe you were an anxious child who is now an ...
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