Annie in wonderland

    Hey, guys, this is a back-to-basics post and I recently discovered that some support workers don’t know what services are out there that can help people with disabilities or have misconceptions about what some of these places can provide, this is focused on my area Toowoomba but in the comments feel free to add what you have in your are as well and feel free to add to in for your area’s and even things that I am not aware of online. As we see despite the digital divide in the disability community some sometimes people will help them access things, such as education, training, or even websites that help communication and sell things.     Also, this won’t be everything around it’s just what I am aware of and how to work with clients that are motivated as I know that some people aren’t motivated to save or to achieve their goals, and need to be pushed as well. As there would be more work in meal prepping and or for clothing might need soaking before wearing.   I am not going to list b

    In writing the Blog post about the direction for the New year I mentioned I am not monetized so there for some early blog posts are going to either be deleted or moved to the other blogs   I wanted to put together this note to say I am not trying to gaslight my community but this is a necessary step towards monetization. I am also studying, and I am looking towards having a more traditional job as despite having care and living with others it can be isolating when you don’t have the same timetable as others and are more aware of what is going on around you. This is one of the challenges of having disabilities and chronic illness and being “higher functioning” and I know that I may lose some readers/ subscribers, but these are the hills that I am willing to die on.   Because if believe that if I don’t stand up and say something I feel that keeping silent is going to make it worse than losing a few readers. I have also seen how some of the communities treat people while demanding

    So, we are on the run down for this year and I still have not monetized the Blog or YouTube, but I am working on it, and these are some of my goals/ things that I am not going to do in the new year. Fiscal ·        Not being unnecessary things so what I am not going to buy is. o      New clothing (except new under where so singlets, undies, and bras) o    Not going to by excess food, (so starting to meal prep and plan) o    Not going to by excess stationary o    Not going to by expensive cleaning products (I am going to go to the local discount store) o    I have an embarrassing number of toiletries and hygiene products, so I am going to use them up (I do not have combination skin and I am ok with finishing products as well)   I am going to try to stick to a budget and put my savings towards some day trips and possibly a holiday that I need but I know some of the medical appointments this year will be expensive as well. ·        Gifts o    I am going to start bu

    This is going to be a very self-indulgent post but it’s something that I at the same time think could help others with their budgeting some a boredom busters as well, so these do require unlimited access to the internet and some do have some cost for accreditation or to get a physical certificate. So these are all online platforms that I use ( some I do get money for promoting ) but I do like everyone that I am promoting as they are things that help me to either,   continue my education journey, save money, or find inspiration for ideas to write about and some I have used since I was studying and had to give up on a natural health degree, and I also see that some of these do encourage people to think crucially as you don’t need a university education to question the narrative that the legacy media are telling you and some of these are books that I have read to help me understand world history and to understand how we came to be where we are. As I recently got complimented on my l

   This is going to be an end-of-the-year post and it’s going to be a more in depth one, so I have one of my community access team (support organization) going on personal leave. But she is so on the ball and a true team leader in that she suggested to my mum we get my finances in order and it’s never too late or even to early if you have a disability to have your finances in order and the first step we are doing before we even need to think about doing a budget is doing something really basic, a list of things that I am no longer allowed to buy and this then shift me from the day to day goals and living to being able to have a holiday or a trip of some description, so this is going to be the start of that list   as I think most people as we are heading into Christmas are doing a combination of planning for Christmas and the new year as it makes sense when a lot of gift type items are around to by them when they are on sale and put them aside for the new year. I have a wardrobe full

The whole uniform debate in the support worker realm is like arguing over the color of deck chairs on the Titanic. Seriously, people, let's not miss the forest for the trees here. We're fussing over whether support workers should wear uniforms while completely ignoring the fact that having support at all is the real victory. Sure, some folks don't want to wear their "I have a disability" badge loud and clear. They argue against uniforms like they're fashion police. But, excuse me, uniforms aren't just about making a fashion statement. They're about accountability and easy identification. In a world where judgment is as common as a Monday morning coffee, knowing who's who can spare someone from unnecessary side-eye. Now, cue the Facebook warriors who think uniforms are the equivalent of a scarlet letter for disability. Please, spare me the melodrama. If you've got real dehumanization issues, it's not because your support worker is decked out

  This is something that we don’t really talk about and as we all start to think about the new year we need to start talking about these things as, unfortunately people with be subjected to trauma over the holidays and it can be triggering for people with a disability or who have been removed from families it can be a difficult time of year. We also are seeing that it can be a time where budgets are tight, and it provides not comfort and job but stress and anxiety of how to provide for a family or contribute to the day. But this is where we need to start talking about how having a disability isn’t inherently traumatising, but it can be, where the trauma start is not with the person who has the disability but with the persons family realising or having testing before the child is born or realising that they are not hitting their milestones or even hitting them early. With the people who have become disabled later in life or have had   a live changing accident or illness, this is

   I was asked today about something that I had put some thought into and I am now going to go into my thoughts a lot more, due to the fact that it’s something that really annoys me when I hear it. Its calling someone Neurotypical and forcing langue on them.   I am all for softer langue but to put it into context this person was self diagnosed and had not   sought out a diagnosis and this seems to be playing into   tropes and this is the danger of self diagnosis due to the fact that some people will start to treat the “ symptoms” but make it much worse due to the fact that people need a proper diagnosis be able to   move forward and for some folks with neurodivergent   brains that have a “proper diagnosis”   often mask this is when   a person who is ADHD or Autistic will hide their personality or stims, but if you get to know the person we will see that they will start to unmask.   So this would be wearing headphones due to   noise overload, or sensory issues wearing the same thing.

This is going to be a controversial topic and let’s keep the conversation going as we need to talk about it, but we need to define what consent is and let’s see what it is, as consent is going to be different depending on the context. The different types I found are, ·        Informed consent around medical decisions and care so this is knowing the risks and benefits of medical procedures or knowing what the risks of medications are. ·        Intimate consent in relationships, so this is being able to have intimate relationships and be physical with that person, but also knowing that it could be risky and knowing how to maintain relationships as well. ·        Implied consent so this could be for care and self-care tasks they need help with so for someone who needs help dressing or showering so being able to consent to this care. [i]   This is where  the  complexity of disability  comes into play as  some people are able to consent but if a person has a mental illness or ment

    So I was starting to talk about restrictive practices but let’s get down to what they are as this is where people start to get stuck I will add in where to get accurate information as this is the thing getting accurate information about what they are and how they need to be used as there it two major categories and they are approved restrictive practices and then we have unapproved restrictive practices and this is where it needs to be reported as this is where it can cause trauma as having a disability or neurodiversity, can be inherently traumatizing as the world is constantly gaslighting and we are behind everyone else in some areas and ahead in others and this isn’t normal and we need to be aware of that. So, the approved restrictive practices are in a couple of categories and they are chemical restraint,   this is the use of medications to control behaviour  and this is where you need to be able to prove they are needed as the medications that are used hav