Anxiety

Date 26 February 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
Because I deal with Sensory Processing, I am already prone to anxiety, overthinking and negative repetitive thoughts. Those continue to be my biggest challenges. When things feel uncomfortable Talking about issues, help me get my thoughts out into the open and that helps me feel better. Anxiety isn’t something we…
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Being helpful

Date 22 February 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
When I was growing up it didn’t matter what dispute we had, whether the dispute was with a shop or a business, people were just willing to put things right and that spilled over into our personal lives. The customer is always right phrase Attitudes were different back then. The…
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My handwriting issues

Date 21 February 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
Out of everything I’ve had to deal with since I started my journey nearly eight years ago, my handwriting is the one thing I haven’t yet tackled. I haven’t talked about my handwriting struggles in any great detail, primarily because I’m too embarrassed. My handwriting issues Handwriting is one of…
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My impacted emotions

Date 16 February 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
Being born with a disability and being kept in the dark about it for 46 years, meant there would be no getting away from my emotions being impacted. Every struggle, every fear, all the anxiety and stress brought about through my neurological impairments, could have been limited with help and…
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Attitudes and Disability

Date 14 February 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
Although I was never considered a child with special needs, I was a special needs child. It was obvious to me, I had mental and emotional struggles. I was my own ’emotional support’ The reality for some of us, is that where others should be emotionally supporting us, we often…
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Families together

Date 9 February 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
For those living with a disability, knowing about a diagnosis will foster more understanding of our situation from others, which will result in easier, more loving and symbiotic relationships. I hated the labels and without understanding what was different about me, I hated being labelled even more. Those were incredibly…
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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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