A fractured skull

Date 6 February 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
I am still learning more things about myself and my experiences. I’ve mentioned the time I fell down the stairs at the age of 9. Although I knew I was in hospital for four days and I wasn’t allowed to sleep, I didn’t know it was because I had a…
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Compassion around disability

Date 2 February 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
I find it difficult to watch documentaries that talk about disabilities, not because I’m afraid to watch, but because I feel bad for those who were also born with a disability. I know what they feel, because I feel it too. I think more of us need to be tolerant…
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Learning to adapt

Date 31 January 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
Whenever anyone withholds information from someone, it’s usually because it suits them not to know, because that way they don’t have to deal with it, but that will always bring a different thinking from us. What that tells us is they would have to come out of their comfort zone…
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My Silver lining

Date 28 January 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
There is no doubt in my mind that I had have been told about the early diagnosis, I wouldn’t have had my website. I also wouldn’t have needed to have had my MRI scan. The start of my writing came on the back of a late diagnosis. I know that…
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A parent's trust

Date 25 January 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
When any parent hides the truth, it’s hard for a child to have to deal with that, particularly when it comes to a diagnosis centred around a disability they don’t know about. Not only did I not know what I had, as a consequence, I didn’t know about myself either.…
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Thinking for ourselves

Date 21 January 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
Looking at what I have managed to achieve through my website, it would be quite hard to believe that as a child I was a shy and insular child, underneath the anger. I was scared to venture out of the bubble that had been created for me. Going to camp…
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Memories still outstanding

Date 20 January 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
Although I have come to terms with most of my life there is one area of my life that I’m not quite settled with. We may think we know someone, but unless we get into their minds we can never really know someone. At the age of 25 and I…
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The CP Diary Newsletter

Date 15 January 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
I hope many of you as possible will subscribe to The CP Diary. When you subscribe you will receive a daily blog into your inbox. It’s just for blogs, and won’t include recipes or feature page quotes. Those of you who have already subscribed you should have received my first…
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Learning about me

Date 13 January 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
While parents may not always give their children the tools they need to be able to function in their lives, but for me I am irritated that I’m still having to work things out to learn about me. I’ve done it to understand my disability, understand me, something that wasn’t…
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My irrational fears

Date 9 January 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
Anyone who has Sensory Processing Disorder may potentially know they deal with irrational fears through anxiety and stress that can also leave them feeling panicked. I get to deal with all three. It’s very hard to explain to anyone who doesn’t understand what it is exactly that we have to…
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We can lament or move on

Date 7 January 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
We can cry about life, how things have worked out, where we are and what we’ve not achieved, or we can rationale and work on the changes we need to make. I chose to move forward. There is no point in lamenting over a life lost. No point in dwelling…
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Still exposed

Date 5 January 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
I’m never far away from the hardship of what has been life. Not knowing I had Cerebral Palsy, let alone dealing with its many symptoms, meant I was exposed. The more something is ignored and driven underground, the more that thing becomes exposed in other ways. My website allows me…
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