Living in community?
It’s almost a week since Rosa left and house is quiet. The neighbours moved out a about a week before I went over seas last month and no one has moved in yet. Every day I expect a removal van … Continue reading →
Darryl
Rosa, you beautiful dog!
Rosa was the most beautiful dog I have had and she knew it. Rosa was a show dog before she came to live with me. Her show name was “Adore Me,” among a string of other pedigree names, and anyone … Continue reading →
The Adelaide Disability Pride March 2015
Friday, I went to the Disability Pride March in Adelaide and on reflecting on it, there is so much to unpack. I won’t unpack it all here now. Yes, weather was quite hot, held on a weekday mid-day and there … Continue reading →
The day I learn about Ableism and family miscommunication
[Note added on 29th December 2015: I have received some feedback on this post and I want to make it clear that I am not trying to upset anyone by my personal reflections. These are just that, personal reflections of … Continue reading →
The support worker that had to go
Today, I met with two of coordinators of the service I get my support workers through and decided to finally move one of the worker off my roster. He has been working since mid 2010 but continually, on and off, … Continue reading →
Back at work/study
First day back from four weeks leave and beautiful weather at least. I just want bath in the sun rather than sitting inside editing a systematic review. Progress can be slow yet rewarding too. It will be good to finally … Continue reading →
Merging websites
The other day I decided to merge my two websites together, theDazz and this site. It was not useful to have the two anymore. The merge took some time and I relearnt the need to backup your websites before doing … Continue reading →
Pushing through to the rest
Going into the last week of my four week break from my study it has taken awhile to wind down. I thought by now I would be ready to get back to it. But nupe! I am going enjoy this … Continue reading →
Break that writing block
Writing is difficult for me on a number of levels. Physically, although I now I use eye gaze technology to write it can be also tiring. Sometime, I find myself falling asleep in the middle of typing, not sure what … Continue reading →
On the bill of the first ever Beyond Festival!!
Yes, this is the second entry in one day! OMG! It’s official! I am on the bill, along with Blue King Brown, Katie Noonan and Archie Roch, for the first ever Beyond Festival. A brand new festival focusing on justice … Continue reading →