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Lived experience : An everyday reality
If I’m being honest about it, the term ‘lived experience’ made its first appearance in my personal dictionary only about a few months ago. The team at SoulUp would constantly...
Lived experience : An everyday reality
If I’m being honest about it, the term ‘lived experience’ made its first appearance in my personal dictionary only about a few months ago. The team at SoulUp would constantly...
Making sense of Dhruv
When we were first diagnosed with Fragile x Syndrome, a genetic form of autism, apart from the terrible feeling that we now had a 'special needs' child with a...
Making sense of Dhruv
When we were first diagnosed with Fragile x Syndrome, a genetic form of autism, apart from the terrible feeling that we now had a 'special needs' child with a...
The violence of silence: How lack of communicat...
“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Leo Tolstoy’s immortal classic Anna Karenina begins with these unforgettable words – words which ricochet in...
The violence of silence: How lack of communicat...
“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Leo Tolstoy’s immortal classic Anna Karenina begins with these unforgettable words – words which ricochet in...
My story: Coming to terms with Multiple Sclerosis
“By the way Doctor, I seem to get tired very often and I can’t seem to do anything when I feel so, also I seem to drag my feet a...
My story: Coming to terms with Multiple Sclerosis
“By the way Doctor, I seem to get tired very often and I can’t seem to do anything when I feel so, also I seem to drag my feet a...
Freedom and Special Needs
Does having special needs mean you are no longer free? Does being dependant on somebody mean you are now their slave? The reason these thoughts come to me is...
Freedom and Special Needs
Does having special needs mean you are no longer free? Does being dependant on somebody mean you are now their slave? The reason these thoughts come to me is...
Breast Cancer at 26
Exactly a month before my 26th birthday, I was told I had breast cancer. Sounds heart-breaking? Weirdly enough, it wasn’t. When my weeping mother sat next to me and told...
Breast Cancer at 26
Exactly a month before my 26th birthday, I was told I had breast cancer. Sounds heart-breaking? Weirdly enough, it wasn’t. When my weeping mother sat next to me and told...