Ignorance around Autism

Date 9 January 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
I always try to work through and understand what I deal with. Learning more about autism and how I present, helps me to understand myself, but that can only work if others want to understand. Yesterday I spent
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Needing to Be Me

Date 7 January 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
"Silly girl, your different was you beautiful all along.” - Atticus I was never considered beautiful because I was born different. No one ever saw me like that. Growing up I didn’t have a problem with being me, but others needed to ...
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Fighting the Flu

Date 4 January 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
I finished 2018 the same way I started 2019, fighting the flu. It only takes one thing and the balance of scales are tipped against me. Christmas Day was fine, but being around a family member who was under the weather was ...
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Welcome to 2019

Date 1 January 2019
Author Ilana Estelle
“The lack of a silver spoon has set you on a certain path, but you needn’t stay on it.” – Kingsman Not every child is born with a silver spoon in their mouths. We have to make our lives work no matter how life starts ...
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Bringing 2018 to a close

Date 31 December 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
With another year of blogs firmly behind me, my blogs continue to inspire me to write more so that I can continue to bring about understanding on a disability I didn't know about, while continuing to give myself food for thought ...
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My Autism Meltdowns

Date 26 December 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
This was on my mind today. Having autism means there may always be an issue that's not easily resolved that tips me mentally over the edge. Autism and Meltdowns Dealing with anxiety means it's easier for me to ...
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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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