Why hello there, my trusty companions and newly found readers! Welcome to another beautiful weekend! Everyone has something they can pinpoint as a life-changing time, moment, or event. Growing up with a disability, I had many different life-changing moments from a physical point of view. However, one of the things that changed my life from […]
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G’day, friends, and welcome back! Everybody has moments in life where we feel like we are pushing things up *it creek, and all we want to do is sit on the couch with a big bowl of pasta, a hefty glass of wine, and a good movie or show. Especially as the weather is well
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It is so easy to become bitter when it comes to living with a disability. But its even better to fight it and find things to embrace in your life. But how do you do that?
G’day, friends, and welcome to another week and another post. My good friend Chris, who took over the blog a couple of months ago, which you can read here https://livingabled.com.au/living-duchenne-meet-chris-gillin-a-living-abled-takeover/, posted a little while back about his experiences where he had to make sacrifices because of his disability. Have I been sitting on this post
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G’day, friends, and welcome to another week and another post. If you follow me on socials or even read my blog post called ‘Life Goes On’, you would know that I lost my 12-and-a-half-year-old Border Collie three and a bit weeks out from Christmas last year. It was sudden, rocking my family and everyone who
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G’day friends! If you are new here, welcome and welcome back if you have been here before! If you know me, you would know that lately, I have been going down a bit of a self-discovery journey, trying to go outside of my comfort zone and start to go to different events, classes, and places;
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G’day, friends, and welcome back!! I have always struggled most of my adult life with feeling confident, attractive and desirable. For the last 18 months, I have been trying to figure out why I believed them and how I could feel confident, desirable or attractive. Desirable, attractive and disabled have
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I had to do something drastic to prove to myself that I am more than just a label and I am more than my disability. Everyone is more than just a label
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G’day, friends, and welcome to another week and another post. Since I was a young girl, spontaneity has never been in my wheelhouse. I have always been someone who has had to plan things out days in advance, and if anything came up out of the blue, the anxiety went wild, and I would
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G’day, friends, and welcome to the first blog post of 2024! I hope you all had a great Christmas and an even better New Year! I spent my New Year with family in Bundaberg but was as sick as a dog, believe it or not! So, my New Year was spent dealing with congestion
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G’day friends welcome to another week, another post, and another week closer to Christmas! There are many things that you will be told about when you are first diagnosed with a disability or with Muscular Dystrophy for that matter. In my case, I was told ‘You will end up not being able to walk’, ‘you
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Hello, my beloved readers, and welcome back to another blog and another week! Who here is a people pleaser? It’s perhaps safe to assume that the majority of us are people pleasers, or we worry too much about what other people think of us, and we become someone we aren’t to try and feel ‘accepted’
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G’day friends, and welcome to another week and perhaps one of the most exciting posts yet! If you follow me on social media, you will know I did my first photoshoot two weeks ago! The reason being? Well, you may or may not know that Living Abled is becoming a business! Yup! Ya girl is
G’day, friends and welcome to another week and another blog post! I cannot tell you just how excited I am that we only have a week and a bit or so left of winter for another year! I have a love-hate relationship with winter; I love the cozy days at home by the fire with
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G’day everyone and welcome to another blog post! I have mentioned a few times about my friend who has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, and I thought it would be good for you to all know a little bit about what life is like for someone living with a more extreme form of MD. So I will
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Life is always full of twists and turns, sometimes you have to let go of dreams to find new ones that give you the life you love
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G’day, Friends and welcome to another blog post. I wish I could tell you that this week’s post is all sunshine and rainbows, but unfortunately, it isn’t that way this week. I feel just as much as I share the happy side to life, I am also aware that it is equally important to share
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G’day, and welcome to another week and another blog. I have been thinking a lot these last few weeks about identity and what people decide what values and attributes they hold dear. For example, I think it is safe to say about 90% of the population identifies themselves with their career. That is just a
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G’day, friends and welcome to another week and another blog post. If you have been around this blog for a while, you would know that having a neuromuscular condition means that injuries are inevitable through falling or some other means. I have fallen from a horse, had 2 surgeries, a muscle biopsy, split my head
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G’day, friends and welcome back to another week and another blog post. My apologies for being a tad inconsistent lately, I have been in my final weeks of study and have been away. Speaking of which a couple of weeks ago, I returned from a week away at the Gold Coast with my family. It
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G’day friends, welcome to another week and another blog post! When you have a physical condition that limits your ability to do specific tasks and leads to numerous doctor appointments, it is clear that you need to make your health a priority. In previous years I have slacked off with that majorly. I was in
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G’day friends and welcome to another week and another blog! Bedside manner. Everyone at some point will have experience with nurses and doctors either in a hospital or at home. I am no exception to the rule. I have had numerous visits to the hospital. Usually from my clumsiness or due to needing surgery. But
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Dear Reader Isn’t life beautiful? It is full of twists and turns and highs and lows. But I bet you weren’t expecting this. How are you feeling? Alone? Scared? Confused? Lost? Don’t worry you aren’t alone. I felt that exact same way you do. I didn’t know what was going on. I was only three
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G’day Friends and welcome back! It has been a while, and I deeply apologise for being so MIA, Uni has been rather crazy, mixed with dr appointments and other events and commitments I havent have a lot of free time. However, I am back and ready to give you all some awesome blog posts! One
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G’day my friends and welcome to another week and another post! I have been writing these blogs for 2 years now, and have spoken about a lot of topics. However, I feel like there is a topic that I haven’t really discussed properly. And that is my disability diagnosis! So I thought for today’s post,
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G’day friends and welcome to another week and another blog post! I hope you are all doing well as we finally near the end of Winter and can welcome Spring. I don’t know about you but I love Spring and Summer because that is the time where going out to restaurants and cocktail bars becomes
Hello friends, and welcome to another week and another blog post! Most of you may know that back in June, I had a horse riding accident. Nothing major really, just ended up with a bruised lung and a hairline fracture in my knee. Which you can read all about and a bit more of a
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G’day friends and welcome to another week and another blog post!!! If you guys saw my instagram stories during the last week or so, you will know that my much loved Lenovo Yoga 910 decided to say goodbye unexpectedly. And so I needed a new laptop asap as I had Uni deadlines around the corner.
Macbook and Accessibility- Ultimate guide for all Abilities ! Read More »
G’day friends and welcome to another week and another blog! I hope you all enjoyed the blog last week! I had so much fun writing it!! This week is a 180 degree turn in terms of topics. If you read the title you will know why. That’s right my friends, I entered the world of
Online dating as a disabled person: Heartbreak or happy ever after? Read More »
g’day my friends and welcome to another week and finally a new blog!! I am so sorry for being absent! I have finally submitted my 10,000 word dissertation! I have been working on it since February, which means i have been living and breathing law. So now that is over and done with, I can
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G’day Friends and welcome to another week and another blog!! I hope you all had an amazing Easter, Passover or Holiday! This week highlighted to me just how much words and actions of others can affect people. In Australia, A Federal Politician (leader of the country) was asked about the NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme)
The Harmful Words We Use, and Meaningful Change: Food For thought Read More »
G’day friends and welcome back to another week and another blog. I apologise there was no post last week, but I had a good reason! I was collecting content for this post!! I have been trying to get out and about more outdoors. So when the old man says he wants to take us all
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how do you survive school when disabled?? The only 3 tips you will ever need for the ultimate school survival!
The Ultimate 2022 School Survival Guide! Read More »
Uni is back for another year! But how do you deal with the stress of exams and assessments while disabled? Read to find out!
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G’day my friend and welcome to another week and another blog!! How many of you have scars? The dreaded ‘C’ word?… not that one. Cellulite I am talking here. Or stretchmarks? I am sure every one of us have what the beauty world likes to call ‘imperfections’. let me ask you another question. How do
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G’day my friends and welcome back to another week and another blog!!! Horses. You know I love them. It is debatable though whether the love is mutual. For the last 6 months or so I have spent at least 1 day every week around them. Learning how to ride, but also learning how to do
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What have i done this time? and what does MPC even stand for??? well ready to find out!
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We have all heard about Disability Discrimination.. But what about Unconscious bias? What it is may just shock you, but it is something that can be defeated! Read more to find out!
Unconscious Bias in 2022: What on Earth is it and how can we Destroy it? Read More »
G’day my friends and welcome to another week and another blog. Last week I said there were things on the horrizon health and fitness wise. One of them is almost finished! On Monday the 31st of January, I will have finished 30 days straight of Yoga! Yoga With Adriene on Youtube does a 30 day
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G’day Friends and welcome to another blog post!!! After last weeks rather heavy blog post, we need something a little more chirpy wouldn’t you say?? I have realised that I haven’t shared with you my goals for this year!! Goals are completely different depending on the person. Mines have completely shifted this year and I
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When you are disabled, how much should you share about your disability, if at all? And how should everyone feel about it? Read more to find out my take.
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G’day my friends and welcome to a new blog and a new year!! I hope you all had a great holiday if you celebrate, or even just enjoying time with those who mean the most! To kick off this year, I thought it would be awesome to tell you about my little journey of body
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G’day friends and welcome to another week and another blog! Well the year is very quickly coming to an end. I didn’t even realise that it is Boxing Day next Sunday and then the week after that it is January! So in saying that this will be the last post of the year, because lets
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What do self-esteem and perceptions have in common? well they are both the pesky barrier that can stop us in our tracks. Each story is different, read on to read mine!
Barrier Talk – Eliminate Self-esteem and Perceptions: Read More »
G’day friends and welcome to another Sunday and another Blog! So I have just realised I timed this disability stigma series perfectly! Why you may ask? Well because on Friday it was International Day for People with Disability. It is amazing to read everyone’s posts about this day on social media. It is amazing what
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The Disability Stigma continues! This week we are talking staring and crushing the assumption of the use of a good old Wheelchair!
Crushing Wheelchair Assumptions- The Hilarious Disability Stigma continues! Read More »
G’day friends and welcome to another week and another blog!! After trying to come up with things to write about this week, disability stigma is such a wide topic that to do it justice in needs to be a series. So welcome to the first Living Abled Series!! Feel free to cheer and clap away
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What is Abelism? What does it mean to Live Abled in 2021? Read to find out how you can overcome ableism with Grace.
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G’day my friends and welcome to another week and another blog! This week we are talking all about spines.. No no not as in growing a backbone but the joys of Scoliosis! I wouldn’t call myself an expert on the scientific reasons of scoliosis, but I did go through 8 hour scoliosis surgery and 12
Scoliosis: My Wild Adventure to a straighter back! Read More »
We have all had to deal with Gawkers out in public. what if i told you that you can leave them in the dust and own being you?
Self-Esteem 101: Destroy the Gawkers and own being you! Read More »
G’day friends and welcome to another blog!! It has been such a crazy two weeks here, and it is finally starting to slow down! It is Father’s Day here in Australia, and so that means a lot of family time and pretty good food! If you follow me on my socials, you would have seen
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G’day my friends and welcome to another blog! Can I just start off by saying I am so sorry for not posting last week! I was feeling gastly after my second….. Treatment shall we say for the…… current world crisis.. It knocked me for 6 and I am still not 100% . I would say
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Hi everyone! Welcome to another blog! I have realised it has been some time since we did a ‘how to’ blog so I thought why not bust one out! When you have a disability, there are many many questions and interesting moments when you are out and about. I reckon one of the main reasons
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G’day my friends and welcome to another blog! If you are like me you probably watch your fair share of ‘day in the life’ or ‘morning/evening routine’ vlogs on Youtube. There is one day in the life though that isn’t really popular. That is what a day is like living with a Disability! So I
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G’day my friends and welcome to another blog! When I was brainstorming topics for this week, the common theme that kept coming up was Limitations. Oh the dreaded limitations that seem to rain on everyone’s parade! Unless you are a Zen Master, limitations can spell trouble and make you abruptly give up on whatever it
Limitations: My 3 crazy tips to defeat the doubt! Read More »
Greetings my friends. Wow where has this year gone!!? I cannot believe we are almost done with 2020! I am sure I say that every year but how can we be halfway through the year?! This also means that this month Living Abled is turning 1!! Isn’t that crazy? This time last year I was
From Struggle to Blessing: How 12 months changes everything! Read More »
Why on earth did a young disabled woman decide to ride a horse? The answer may just surprise you.
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And we are back! G’day my friends and welcome to the first blog in two weeks! I have just got back from a blissful 2 week holiday at Coolangatta on the Gold Coast. I honestly think I have found my place. The perfect mix of sun, sand and hinterland. Let’s not forget the warmth!! If
Holidays: My 4 hidden gems and why you still can learn while on holiday. Read More »
I recorded a Podcast Episode for the ListenABLE Podcast with Dylan and Angus. I thought I would share my Muscular Dystrophy journey more indepth with you all. This is my beautiful and crazy story
Muscular Dystrophy: My Beautiful Roller Coaster ride Read More »
the good old staycay! a month ago i went on my first solo staycay! It was a massive learning curve, but also humbling as I met some amazing people, who made my trip memorable!
Staycay part 2: The amazing people along the way Read More »
G’day my friends! I am so glad to see all the responses I have received from my last blog post! I hope that all of you learnt something and can take the jump and holiday Solo if you haven’t yet! Of course a certain world event put a Spanner in the works. On that note
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Staycations are more eyeopening than you think! this blog talks all about my experience doing a Staycation while disabled, and how i made it totally accessible, and how you can too!
Staycation! 3 Ways to Amazing Independent Bliss! Read More »
With today being Valentine’s Day. What better way than to discover how you can smash being your own Valentine, and love yourself.
Valentine’s Day: 5 Ways how to smash being your own Valentine! Read More »
Disability is an amazing journey with many ups and downs. Disability is what makes you special, and together we can unleash our ability!
The amazing journey that is disability…Welcome! Read More »
G’day, friends, and welcome to another week and another blog post. It has been two weeks to the day since Lexi was brought home. For those who didn’t read last week’s blog, Lexi is my 11-week-old Border Collie puppy! Raising a puppy is no easy task. My mum often draws similarities to raising babies. I
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