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My journey to being honest with myself about who I am

    I have realised I live with a certain low level of constant frustration that is starting to wear me down and it’s entirely my own fault. It to me seems to be a combination of major things coming into my life and some are my fault, but others aren’t, and they are something that I find incredibly wearing and I think that this is not talked about in society. So, I have been very honest and open about living with Chronic pain and the limitations it puts on me as well, but we also do see that there is something else that leads to frustration in people with disabilities lives and this is something weird that we really do need to discuss, it’s a combination of being disconnected from the rest of society. I know that the Royal commission will help with this, but we are seeing a definite normalization of identity and I really do respect that, but I am not seeing as much as a lean towards disability acceptance and we are seeing that people still think it’s ok to talk over us and not to amp

Disability Royal commission I will let the others speak

 <script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4981013962895893"      crossorigin="anonymous"></script>   Hey all, I am taking a break from blogging and YouTube at the request of some people close to me. However, I need to say that I will be doing a one-off blog post on the Disability Royal Commission. I feel that we need space to process the outcomes and what is in the report and I feel like other disability advocates are much better qualified to talk about it than me, I am feeling the need to amplify voices that have been in the lead in the Disability Royal Commission, we see that people are still processing it and the larger term changes that it is going to bring. These changes are something that we need to be very much are needed but they need to be balanced with the needs of the larger community and changing attitudes towards people with disabilities, and how we are treated by professionals and the