Reflections at Christmas

Date 24 December 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
I usually take time around Christmas to reflect on my year. It’s been a busy year. Having started work on my manuscript in June 2017, in February this year with the help of my editing agent, I have set about putting my memoir ...
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Flat Affect

Date 22 December 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
"Every time I write a personal blog and I think I’m done learning about myself, I find something else out about myself that I didn’t know about. I used to stare in the mirror as a child, not because I was vain and loved looking at myself ...
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Bad Behaviour and Disability

Date 20 December 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
I'm not sure why disability invites bad behaviour or why it brings out the worst in people and their behaviour. I can empathise with everyone who deals with a disability. Social Media It's sad that social media, continues to ...
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When Parents Let us Down

Date 18 December 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
When a parent or parents let their children down, it should give their children an insight into 'how not to do things.' On a child's part, they can never make up for, or change their experiences. It doesn’t right a wrong, nor ...
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My Dissociation Disorder

Date 10 December 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
Dissociation is a mental process whereby we disconnect from our thoughts, feelings, memories, or from our sense of identity. It's a coping and defence mechanism. I would often lose myself in a daydream and remember ...
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Navigating Peer Pressure

Date 7 December 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
Peer pressure can be the direct influence on people by their peers, and an effect on an individual who is encouraged to follow their peers by changing his or her behaviour, attitudes and values, to conform. I'm not ...
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Being Accepted

Date 4 December 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
I was a pleasing child, always looking for acceptance, potentially because I was navigating a childhood with a disability I didn’t know I had. When things are good and we’re comfortable with our choice, we seem to ...
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Embracing Autism Symptoms

Date 30 November 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
I came to terms with the fact that I was different a long time ago. I didn’t know why I was, because nothing was ever said. I knew I had a bad leg and foot. But everything else was off limits. As a deep thinker as a child, I would…
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Remarkable

Date 28 November 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
"How my story has panned out is remarkable, or is it? The fact that it took me so long to get to this point is numbing. The fact that I'm still standing and didn't get ill, is probably testament to my strong will, but it's not sunk in ...
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Accepting Each Other

Date 24 November 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
I was impressed Anne Hegerty from ‘The Chase’ chose to star on ‘I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here,’ reality t.v. show, because anyone with autism will know it’s not an easy decision to make. Anne was clearly upset with ...
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Bringing Perceptions Together

Date 21 November 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
The fact that I am around 70% mentally and emotionally disabled, means I live with anxiety. If I was to place my anxiety on a scale of 1-10, I would probably place it at around 7 or 8 in times of stress. Autism ...
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A Life Through Lies

Date 20 November 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
The life I have lived has been as a result of others living a lie, knowing what my disability was. It wasn’t my lie, but it became my life. The human mind is flawed and ignoring the truth will always have devastating consequences, particularly when others choose to keep something…
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