Why I am uniquely different

Date 10 October 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
Knowing what makes me is cathartic. I’m okay that I know everything about my symptoms and that needed to happen, but I’m not okay with how long it has taken me to get to know. My autism extremes Whilst we all have multiple intelligence, strengths and weakness in different areas,…
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A Little More About Karma

Date 6 October 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
Karma is often thought of as something immediate or controllable, but in reality it unfolds in its own time. Its timing is immaterial, because it is not something we can initiate or ...
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My experiences, my thoughts

Date 3 October 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
My thoughts on my experiences, cerebral palsy, autism symptoms, the neglect and how I got to this place may never leave me. But I am determined to see all my experiences as positive. They can never right a wrong because there are simply too many, but I need to place…
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A Lack of Trust and Honesty

Date 30 September 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
In 15 years of hospital visits, having my legs measured was the consultation. After a few years you begin to think there’s nothing else wrong. I didn’t look for anything further, because there was no cause for concern. I have now made it my way to find out what I…
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My Podiatry Consultation

Date 28 September 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
A recent trip to the podiatrist has brought back some early memories I had disbanded with. I was hoping being asked to walk up and down the room without my shoes and socks on would have been easier this time around. Although I managed not to show off this time,…
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Being Misunderstood

Date 25 September 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
I have always been misunderstood. I have had others colour their assumptions of me because of a disability I didn’t know I had, through neurological difficulties and without any emotional support. Being misunderstood is emotionally draining But being misunderstood isn’t just emotionally draining, it can be like living with total…
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Being uniquely different

Date 24 September 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
As a child, the only thing I wish I had were two legs and a foot that was the same as my other leg and foot, but I also didn’t understand why having a different leg and foot, made me uniquely different. I was too wrapped up in my emotions…
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My grandmother

Date 20 September 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
There is often one person in our life with whom we deeply connect, who emotionally understands us and who sees the world like we do. That person was my maternal grandmother. She was a good person with a kind heart, but like me, was often misunderstood. She was quiet and…
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A Confirmed Diagnosis

Date 13 September 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
The enormity of how I got to this place is clear from 8 years of writing blogs, particularly around a non-diagnosis, neurological symptoms and anxiety I didn't know I had, they all point to what I know now. My experiences have become a learning curve, no question there. But the…
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Dealing with my realities

Date 12 September 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
My personal thoughts on my disability are never far away and is the reason I’m putting out another personal blog today. My anxiety and autism The anxiety I deal with is centred around autism and is another issue I didn’t know I had. It’s something I’m going to have to…
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Autism Spectrum Disorder

Date 10 September 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
Since my cerebral palsy diagnosis at the age of 46, it has taken me an additional ten years of research to understand my presenting neurological symptoms and to find out those were part of the autism spectrum. The answers I have from my diagnoses explain who I am, how I…
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Piecing it all together

Date 8 September 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
In one of my blogs I talk about comorbidity and how comorbidity works around cerebral palsy and why because I have cerebral palsy I have co-occurring conditions as part of the initial diagnosis. I am proud because in spite of my circumstances, I have been able to piece things together.…
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