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Just FYI

I have decided to reopen comments to the blog. But I will be monitoring, for relevance as well as the usual stuff But be not afraid, I will read them all! This is a test. Possibly Related Posts:...

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Does my capacity count?

I haven’t posted much on the mechanics of living with a clearly apparent disability. That has a lot to do with not wanting to offend anyone or compromise my employability. But I have thoughts on this...

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Notes on travel

I’ve been away for 10 days, staying in a mix of hotels and at my mother’s place. This in itself has been an exercise in adaptability. It probably didn’t look like it, but it was also an attempt at...

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Reinvigers

I’m re-establishing my no spend an more particularly my approved shopping list. Partially because I’m on the hunt for a new hobby, involving my hand, more than just my brain and one that is somewhat...

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statesmanship

Here in Australia we are stuttering towards and hopefully through the COVID19 “lockdown”. But somehow it seems to be the states and territories that are setting the tone for their states, with the...

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A fundamental issue with the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)

There is, I believe a fundamental flaw which will unless and until it is confronted and addressed prevent any robust improvement in the human rights of and service delivery to people with disability...

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Happy new……

2021. Seemed as good a time as ever to pop back and see if I still want to write. I’m also now in my own place in both “home bases” so I have more flexibility to set my scheduleQuite apart from the...

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Shame. Pride. Venerability. Disability. 

A service provider rep recently told me that i have shame issues in relation to my disability. that i need to embrace my disability and work on humility. She seems to think  I need to embrace my...

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Crash test dummy

Today, has been a wash out The result I’m guessing of three very heavy going weeks starting with the Move here, then Christmas, which is a seasonal surprise of an uncertain temperament, then helping...

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wisdom from Seneca and perhaps a new resolve.

I did a good bad thing. I went into a bookshop. Good because I recognised my need to get away from my computer and zooming and email my work day feeling tied to a computer. Also after, sacrificing a...

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