Tara Rae Moss
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Author of 14 books. THE WAR WIDOW and THE GHOSTS OF PARIS 📖 Keynote speaker. Holistic and (Norse/Nordic) shamanic practitioner @
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Happy days here in Sydney, Australia, the home of 1940s PI Billie Walker, as I’m able to announce that THE WAR WIDOW has been optioned by a production company to adapt to TV. Wouldn’t it be lovely to see her take over screens, and to showcase vintage Sydney?
📖
Watch this space…
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Wheelchairs are freedom machines. They are chariots of independence. Please stop describing wheelchairs in negative terms - 'stuck in' 'confined to' etc. Having a
#wheelchair
is frankly awesome for those who use them and would be so much more so in a more
#accessible
world.
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I remember being admitted (once again) into the emergency ward for uncontrolled pain, and a doctor standing over me while I was on a morphine drip. His arms were crossed. He asked me how long I had been experiencing the pain. I told him it had been (at that time) over two years.
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It hurts my heart, and fills me with no small measure of rage, to see so many amazing disabled people and their parents work so hard to advocate and educate, only to have a PM with privilege and a huge public platform publicly say he's 'blessed' to have kids without disabilities.
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With elderly family in ER today and I must ask this question again: Who is the monster who decided that charging for parking at hospitals is okay?
It is literally profiting off vulnerable people who are waiting hours in emergency departments for medical care. How did this ever
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Again today: 'It's not disabled, it's differently-abled.'
Can we not do this? Can we not keep trying to school disabled people on their language? I'm disabled. It is accurate. Disability has meaning. We don't need euphemisms because it isn't shameful.
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Well, it's fair to say Jeremy Clarkson has some serious problems.
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This year I went as the outdated
#ableist
term I see most commonly used in the media to describe disabled people like myself, who use
#wheelchairs
.
Happy Halloween 🎃
🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪
#Ableism
#Halloween
#TaraMoss
#WheelchairBound
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Australia, I love you. I do. But maybe elevating those who go out of their way to defend paedophiles and sexual offenders doesn't look so good? You know, maybe it seems weird as a priority and even - stay with me here - sends a damning message to survivors of sexual assault?
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1/2 As Tim Curry continues to trend for being fabulous, consider this: "Curry has used a wheelchair since suffering a stroke in July 2012. This has limited his work mostly to voice acting, although he has continued to perform as a singer and make appearances at fan conventions."
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If stories seem 'woke' or overly feminist or political to you simply because the protagonist is a woman, non-white, gay, or disabled, you might want to reflect on why white male straight cis non-disabled characters are the only normal for you in a world where most people are not.
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This is difficult to write and frustrating. My step-mother just caught COVID in hospital, and my elderly father caught it visiting her in hospital. They have been careful for years and it is the 1st infection for both of them. This week… 1/2
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Kudos to the young man who choose not to ignore that I was being harassed by some random creeper on the street in Newtown tonight. Thank you for asking if I was okay and hanging around long enough for him to give up. Little things like that make a big difference. 👍🏻
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Again for those new to this concept: Women who use their power to restrict the legal rights, freedoms and safety of other women are not feminists.
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Great Goddess, grant me the confidence of the 75-year-old man in actual Y front underpants trying to chat me up at the pool.
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Thank you,
@bellathorne
for your strength. This stuff shouldn't happen, full stop. No excuses for these crimes. None.
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2/2 Now why would using a wheelchair "limit" his work? Think about this the next time you hear one of those debates about non-disabled actors playing disabled roles. Tim is THE GOODS. (I also use a chair and my work has been demonstrably limited from the moment it was known.)
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The
#Oscars
would not permit winner Anthony Hopkins, 83, to participate remotely from overseas during a deadly pandemic with a heavy death toll - particularly for people over 60? Forgive me if I feel this does not reflect well on their commitment to
#accessibility
.
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@manwithoutatan
@smh
“Wilson ignored PS’s requests for comment about the new relationship earlier this week”. Yeah, no one owes a gossip columnist details of their personal relationships. No one.
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Can we PLEASE stop with the high profile, non-disabled young white women into 'wellness', announcing how oppressed they are for choosing not to get vaccinated? Make your choices, but don't cry oppression because people don't want to die. Or see their kids die. Or have
#LongCOVID
.
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After writing 13 bestselling books, if I am going to keep being introduced foremost as a model, I would like someone to hire me so it can at least be true.
(Note: We could really use more
#disabled
models, actually, because *shock!* we a) exist and b) wear clothes.)
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@n7memo
I'm on deadline and not across this campaign, but I am a huge fan of
#WarriorNun
. They are fools to cancel this show. The cast and chemistry are amazing.
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I've just been called 'Lazy' on Mastadon for sometimes needing a wheelchair for a crippling (literally) pain disorder. The level of
#ableism
out there is beyond gross, on every platform. I'm tired. I'm going to curl up into my writing and sign off for a while.
Love you. x
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I am so moved. Amazing neighbors Rachelle and Teresa found my stolen wheelchair bag! It had been dumped by the thieves (as I suspected) and ended up spending a night in a garbage bin before being rescued. It's empty but intact!
This community is amazing,
#VictoriaBC
. Thank you.
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The playing field is NOT level, even for someone as talented as Tim Curry. Let's change this.
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I don’t understand. Isn’t it bad enough that it’s infecting vulnerable patients in the hospital? Shouldn’t there be precautions for staff going from home to home of vulnerable elderly patients?
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From the article: "Chronic pain should receive greater attention as a global health priority because adequate pain treatment is a human right, and it is the duty of any health care system to provide it."
@CanadianPain
@Painaustralia
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discharged in part because of Covid In the hospital. (Too late. They’d already caught it) & health workers have come to the house unmasked without precautions despite being informed in the system AND a big note on the front door. They then go to other homes of elderly people? 2/2
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I don't feel sympathy for these high-profile men accused of abuse and rape, complaining about how 'It's a man's worst nightmare to be accused'. Well, guess what many women's worst nightmare is? This is the time to face accusations, not rehash the 'I'm the real victim' here line.
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Do you have any idea how hard it is to use
#MobilityAids
in public when people want to slam folks for using them, and call them liars? It’s normal for
#disabled
, injured or senior people to use different mobility aids on different days/hours, because bodies are NOT static.
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July is Disability Pride month. ♿️
I am sometimes asked, ‘Is it Disability Awareness Month?’ Not quite. That would be centring non-disabled people, to make them aware. Instead, this is about disabled pride, pride in who we are, which is immensely important in a world that
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Thinking today of 2 brave women who have helped others: Zhang Zhan, citizen journalist who reported on the outbreak in Wuhan, and Loujain al-Hathloul, who fought Saudi Arabia's ban on women driving, both of whom have been sentenced today in China and Saudia Arabia, respectively.
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In a heartbeat anyone can become
#disabled
. Then it becomes very obvious that houses are
#inaccessible
, restaurants are up steps, the new outdoor patios are built without ramps, most parks are not accessible & so much more.
Fighting for
#accessibility
is fighting for everyone.
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We did what I was told was impossible : after almost 8 years of
#CRPS
(full right side) I got to ring the bell, in remission with 0 pain. I couldn’t have imagined this during my darkest days. I will never stop fighting for better pain care for all patients.
#RemissionIsPossible
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Have I mentioned lately that it’s very expensive to be
#disabled
? Non disabled folks often don’t realise. Equipment, mobility aids, meds, treatments, physio, specialists, lost work, time in hospital, travel to and from appointments. But yes, we get to use those parking spots! 🙌🏻
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This note at our home brought me to tears. You absolute champions, thank you for all you do. 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Please stay safe out there, everyone. Lives can't be replaced.
#Firefighters
#AustraliaBurning
#Bushfirecrisis
#SupportOurFirefighters
#Grateful
()
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Paul Newman is innocent.
Authorities are investigating a fire that broke out at a summer camp started by the late actor Paul Newman for seriously ill children and their families
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Can I PLEASE stop hearing if you don’t have your health you ‘don’t have anything’?
6 in 10 Americans live with at least one chronic disease. 1 in 5 has chronic pain. 1 in 4 has a form of disability. There are a lot of awesome people with health issues. Their lives are worthwhile
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In the years since, I have been examined and assessed over 20 times (sadly diagnosed with CRPS multiple times on two continents) with every one of them pointing out how vital it is to treat at the onset. The first three to six months are key. Chronic pain
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I’m signing off for a spell to get back to writing my 15th book and being fabulous and
#disabled
.
Sending you all love and light. 🙏🏻💜
(Except the Nazis. They can get in the bin.)
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So, I have just seen it suggested that ambulatory wheelchair users 'have a choice'.
THAT IS NOT HOW IT WORKS.
We need our wheelchairs.
#AmbulatoryWheelchairUsersExist
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Wheelchairs are freedom machines. Don't you forget it. They're chariots of independence and aids to living for the millions who need them. My chair has helped me to do so much more than I could have otherwise. From this
#AmbulatoryWheelchairUser
, happy
#InternationalWheelchairDay
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Don't publish your outrage about the leaking of photographs - a gross breach of privacy - while actually publishing the leaked photographs in your publication. Don't.
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Dare I suggest that in 2021 the *three* disability parking stalls you have at your hospital are not enough?
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Fire on our property now. We’ve been dreading this. The dam has already been drained by the heroic firefighting efforts, (which is why it’s there) but now there’s nothing for the pumps. Fingers crossed. The most important thing is that everyone remains safe.
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Never a good day when Pete Evans and Herd Immunity are trending.
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Felt sexy, might delete later, but it’s been 4 years, FOUR, since I last dyed my hair.
Salt and pepper for the win…
( No, this pandemic isn’t over yet, folks. 😷
#MaskUp
)
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How is this right? How is this leadership,
@ScottMorrisonMP
? 'Asked about concerns over how long the thousands of volunteer firefighters – many who have been away from work for weeks – were expected to continue without pay, he said they “want to be there”.
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6 weeks into
#CRPS
remission and I have been able to reach the famous Mound at
@thebutchartgardens
- a tall limestone outcrop. I used to wave from below in my wheelchair while my family went up to take in the views.
Today I did it. 🙏🏼
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‘It doesn’t bother me’. Ok. But does the next 80+ yr old with health problems you are visiting know you don’t take precautions in homes active with COVID? I find this disturbing.
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Was using my manual
#wheelchair
today when a lovely couple commented: 'They didn't give you a power chair?' I'm not sure who was meant by 'they', exactly, as I have had to pay for every mobility aid I own. This is often a surprising reality for non-disabled/newly disabled people
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@srussolillo
@littlewern
The problem with this kind of headline is that it erases the hundreds of thousands of
#disabled
and
#ChronicallyIll
people who have shielded and locked down because they know they are unlikely to survive infection. We exist.
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As you may have noticed, many of us are pretty mad that Karine Elharrar was unable to participate in the first day of the
#COP26
summit because it wasn't
#wheelchair
accessible. Thing is, we encounter this kind of exclusion EVERY DAY. There's no excuse for it in 2021.
ENOUGH.
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Popular culture does not prepare us for the reality of
#disability
and illness. Here are 7 facts and personal observations from me (ie: not applicable to everyone): 🧵
1) Illness and disability are common human experiences. ie: Not rare, and not because someone is cursed or bad
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My beloved beautiful weirdo went missing today, slipping out of the house for the first time. Bastet is an indoor cat, and we were very worried for her. I put out food, her bed at the front door, posters on the street. Thankfully, she found her way home, scared and thirsty at
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A big F U to employers who fire talented women for not covering their greys with chemicals. Let your natural colour shine if you choose, no matter your gender. ❄️ We have to stop sending the awful message that greys are unsightly on women.
#LisaLaFlamme
#GreyHair
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Surprise!!!! We did it! We have an AWESOME billboard that was put up today! Fun fact about the board, it’s in Netflix’s front yard.
@netflix
execs and employees will see this for 4 straight weeks.
#SaveWarriorNun
#WarriorNun
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"[A model in a wheelchair] seems ridiculous. Whose idea was this? Was it your idea? Okay, you're fired” - Candace Owens
Get with this century, please. Wheelchair users exist and don't need to hide or be hidden.
'Disability Rights Advocates Speak Out
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If you see this black bag with peacock feather art in Victoria
#YYJ
, know it is a wheelchair bag stolen overnight and means more to its disabled owner than to a any non-wheelchair user. (Likewise the specialised wheelchair gloves inside.) PLS return, no questions asked. 🙏🏻
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I don’t know if I have the 🥄 to set up another account on another site, but if that’s what you are doing, where are you headed? I don’t want to lose you, my friends. My beautiful readers, the
#WritersCommunity
and
#DisabilityTwitter
in particular. 💜💜
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A stranger just crossed the street to stare at me in my wheelchair. He actually circled me, staring at my wheels? WTF?
(I mean I know they look good, but…?) ♿️🤷🏻♀️
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No, 'good blokes' don't murder kids. 'Good blokes' don't murder women. No decent person believes they can or should possess the lives of others, and are entitled to end those lives. That
#DV
murder suicides keep playing out like this needs serious intervention. Now.
#HannahBaxter
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My truck was broken into overnight and my wheelchair bag and wheelchair gloves stolen.
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7 months into remission and I am standing atop The Mound, a high limestone outcrop at
@butchartgardens
that I could only previously view, squinting, from far below.
I made it.
I will never take a single step, a single day earthside for granted.
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Seriously, don't try to slut-shame a 46-year-old disabled woman for posting a photograph in her knickers. My FOF (field of f*cks) is quite barren.
Bye.
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Things you may not know about me:
In addition to be an author and advocate I am also a funeral officiant and life celebrant for my local community. I’ve been doing this work for nearly 2 years.🌿
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I have 100% become that woman who wheels in and waits for shop displays to be moved if I can’t get around. I 💜 this new me. Many times I chose pain and spoons 🥄 over using my
#wheelchair
. No more.
The future is
#accessible
. 🙌🏻 Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day.
#gaad
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Hello 💪🏻
My fella snapped this as I got ready for the pool and… What? 👀 I’ve had ‘chicken arms’ my whole life and haven’t seen a gym since COVID.
But I use a
#wheelchair
and do physio. This ‘wheelchair body’, as it’s been called, is awesome, strong, capable and
#disabled
❤️
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I did it! 💪🏻I’m up!
After a couple of non-weight bearing days (it happens, a lot.
#CRPS
is dynamic and ever changing) I had a beautiful window of walking ability. It felt so good to share magical China Beach, BC, with my girl.
Celebrate every win, no matter how small. 💪🏻
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You cannot see strength from the outside. True strength and resilience cannot be perceived with the eye.
Make no mistake. I have never been more resilient. I have never been more true to myself. I have never been stronger.
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I know you teach self-control
@TonyRobbins
, so this should be something you understand. If a powerful man is worried he can't help harassing or abusing women in his employ, he needs to change. That's not an excuse to avoid hiring women. It's a reason to learn adult self-control.
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I once threw a grown man down the escalator at Holborn Station for grabbing me by the hair, yanking my head back, and whispering ‘I love blondes’ into my ear.
Tell me a story about yourself the sounds like a lie but is absolutely true.
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I look forward to the day when strangers no longer come up to me while I'm using my walking stick and ask if I've tried a 'good quality turmeric' to 'cure' me.
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This is your weekly reminder that you matter.
You are worth more than your size, age, or ability. You're worth more than how the body you are in is perceived by others. You are worth more than the world too often treats you.
Look after yourself as if you matter. Because you do
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Strangers: ‘Is that a…cat?’
No, she’s a Goddess. Isn’t it obvious? 🐈⬛
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We’ve been in the US for three months, mostly in the south, and we just crossed back into Canada - and it’s like I immediately sense that not everyone is armed with a deadly weapon. Just coffee and weed. Is that possible?
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Being disabled in 2021 still means having to navigate hostile architecture. Public spaces without rest areas. Stairs. Inaccessible parking. Lack of curb cuts. It's more than an 'inconvenience'. It's hostile towards those who are
#disabled
, chronically ill, seniors, or have kids.
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#IAmCanadian
and like
@jean_yoon
and the majority of Canadians,
#IamVaxxed
. For community. For my loved ones. My friends. My neighbors. For our healthcare workers in an overburdened health system. For many who want to be but don't have the option. The convoy doesn't speak for us.
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I'm in a bed with tubes coming out of my arm, and from my hospital window saw a person die yesterday in the garden below. And you come at me with this garbage.
Honestly. No one wants this. Illness, age and disability are natural part of life. Grow some compassion.
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Feeling a touch exhausted, finding my adaptive truck ♿️ broken into AGAIN, despite precautions. This time they stole my
#Disability
parking pass, so just imagine how much I’ll be yelled at until I get a replacement. Life is beautiful but some folks are not.
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You’d better remember to come out to plug the meter while you are waiting to see a doctor, any doctor, for hours in the emergency department. Honestly it’s shameful.
#YYJ
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They were Alison Parker, 24, and Adam Ward, 27. Please, remember their names, but do not show their deaths.
#virginia
http://t.co/Lame2yDGcL
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When The Fictional Woman came out and papers were filled w stories focussing on my being a survivor, a guy I went to uni with told me he wanted to 'discuss my book', and proceeded to recount, in detail, how he once raped a woman. He cried. He wanted me to emotionally support him.
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An appropriate time to revisit this sign from the U.S. Holocaust Museum, written by political scientist Lauren W Britt, listing what to look for if you’re worried that your country may be slipping into
#fascism
:
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Week 3 at the Spero Clinic in the US for long-awaited specialist treatment for
#CRPS
and I am walking without mobility aids, consistently, for the first time in 7 years. I sat on a regular hard seat without pain. Remarkable. It’s very challenging, but I have hope.
#Chronicpain
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Tomorrow will be the 3-month anniversary of my remission from
#CRPS
, after 8 yrs of debilitating pain. Every day without pain is a miracle I do not take for granted.
Thanks for this new portrait for my holistic practitioner work
@BerndtSellheim
. Sums up my gratitude beautifully
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It's okay to say '
#disabled
'. It's okay to say 'people with disabilities. It is okay to use these terms because they have meaning, and
#disability
is not shameful.
Some disabled/ill/medically complex people won't personally identify with these terms and that's okay, too! Ask.
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My husband of 13 years just said:
‘The version of you that you are now is my favourite version of you.’
After everything I’ve been through - we’ve been through - this is the most romantic thing I’ve ever heard.
- Pic by the man himself,
@BerndtSellheim
#NormaliseMobilityAids
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Today it's been 28 months since I stopped dyeing my hair. Some who haven’t been following my posts assume I've taken to dyeing my hair ‘black’ and want to know what I use. (Hilarious.) This is just me. I've become smoky dark like my 🖤 and with appropriately unruly silvers. Hi.
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Reaching for the sky in my freedom machine. 🙌🏻
Pls drop the negative terms, like ‘stuck in a wheelchair/wheelchair bound’.
#Wheelchairs
are tools of freedom and living.
We use them for many reasons. We are
#wheelchairusers
.
Here’s to a more
#accessible
world, without stigma.
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7+ years, 3 countries, 2 continents. countless doctors. My
#CRPS
is finally in remission. 🙏🏼 I graduate from the
@SperoClinic
program in Arkansas tomorrow and finally get to come home. What a journey.
I’ll never stop fighting for better care for CRPS and chronic pain patients.
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I’m in
#Pompeii
at the ancient temple of an important Goddess. She’s an Egyptian Goddess of magic, protection, healing and resurrection. Mentioning her on Facebook just got me a 30 day ban. Can you guess her name?
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It's REALLY expensive to be disabled. Extremely.
#Disabled
folks have been speaking out on this for decades, but it's far worse than I thought, and I'd believed I'd been listening. Please hear disabled people. They are us. They are all around you. They may well be you one day.
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Vale Barry Humphries, an irreplaceable Australian icon.
Barry brought audiences so many laughs, but he was much more than
#DameEdna
, or any of his stage creations. I have the fondest memories of my friendship with Barry, being bowled over by his playful charm and subversive wit.
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Thank you for the unexpected outpouring of support since my appearance on
#AnhsBrushWithFame
. My heart is full. I'm moved, and I hope to reply to each of your messages and shared stories.
🙏🏻
Thanks, Anh, for the beautiful portrait. You are so gifted.
Pics: Josh Groom,
@ABCTV
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Disability has social, functional, legal and medical meanings. It’s also a culture, community, identity. You don’t get to just decide those meanings don’t exist. Disabled doesn’t mean ‘unable’ or ‘not ambitious’. And no, disabled people don’t owe you inspiration.
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