Category: Personal Experience
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The Hatred towards the article “Why I Masturbate my profoundly disabled son”
Today I was scrolling through my Facebook feed when this article come up and I thought it would be an interesting read, given the topic of my PhD. As the article states, we whom have disabilities generally receive assistance to met our the physical, emotional and intellectual needs, yet when it comes to our sexual…
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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 who had met her would understand how she earned that name. I swear she believed…
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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 the day. Some people have read it and have thought it was targeted at them.…
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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, annoyed me with his attitude. We decided to let him work his usual shift tonight…
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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 get it published. Aside from editing documents, this evening I have a support worker working…