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Why women aren’t being diagnosed with ADHD until now.

February 14, 2023

(Free stock image). A foggy white door amidst a black background

Growing up with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

February 1, 2023

Wheelie Good

December 20, 2022

A white square with a black rim around it. In the middle is a square photo of Amber from wheeliegoodperth. She is a wheelchair user and is wearing a black dress and has dark hair that is pulled back. In the bottom left hand corner of the image is white cursive text reading: 'ShaBo Studio. www.shabostudio.com.au. A shabostudio portrait experience.' In the bottom right hand corner is a purple icon of a person using a wheelchair holding a smart phone in one hand and a heart in the other. Curved around the wheelchair is text: 'wheeliegoodperth.' At the bottom of the image is text in black: 'www.wheeliegoodperth.com.au.'

Why Autistic Friendship for women is Suicide prevention

December 20, 2022

An art piece by Sarah. Art work shows a woman with her head in her face looking to the left. She is tied by ropes to a pile of rocks with different words on them reading: 'Child Protection,' 'Barriers to diagnosis,' 'Inflexible systems,' 'domestic violence,' 'Medical gaslighting,' 'family court,' 'gender,' 'no NDIS support,' 'poverty,' 'social isolation,' 'masking.' Above the rocks is a picture of a person (the woman) standing on a scale with an arrow pointing to a word reading 'crazy.'

Empowering others to love themselves

November 11, 2022

Tabitha is standing outside in front of some bushes smiling and holding her book Forever Friends. Tabitha has white skin, short brown hair held back by a thin headband and is wearing a green shirt with the word ‘daring’ visible.

Leadership

November 11, 2022

On Doing Your Own Thing

October 5, 2022

Photo of the blog Author, Amelia Saward

ADHD & Alternative and Augmented Communication

September 21, 2022

Photo of Marie and Izzy. Marie-Christine outside with daughter Izzy. They have white skin and both are wearing patterned tops and hats. Marie-Christine is wearing glasses and smiling. Izzy has her hands clasped together raised near face.

#CripTime

September 14, 2022

Living with Acquired Brain Injury

August 31, 2022

A portrait photo of Kerry who has white skin and light brown hair tied back and she is smiling. Kerry is wearing a white button up shirt.

‘Our Accessibility Still Matters’: A Plea to Workplaces and Healthcare from the Disabled Community

July 11, 2022

Portrait photo of Zoe, who has white skin and long hair that is a gradient of pink to blue. Zoe is wearing a black neck tie and red lipstick

Working with mental illness

June 20, 2022

Image: A portrait of Cheryl, a woman with white skin and short dark bobbed hair. She is wearing a black lace top.

Reproductive Choice

June 7, 2022

A selfie of Ferris smiling with their mouth closed at the camera. They have white skin, shoulder length blonde hair, blue eyes, and a silver nose ring. They are wearing a green khaki jacket, a black shirt, black-rimmed glasses and are sitting on a bench in front of a city building.

Survival is Productivity, Right?

May 23, 2022

A black and white digital illustration of a woman with her eyes closed, scrunching the top of her head and hair with both hands. She has fair skin, long black wavy hair, and is wearing a white tank top.

Blindness is a Spectrum

May 16, 2022

A photo of Bethany, smiling with her mouth closed and holding her black and white Every Australian Counts #DefendOurNDIS campaign shirt so it is visible. She has fair skin, long brown hair, and is standing in the hallway of a house.

Invisible Autism – Growing up as an Autistic girl

May 9, 2022

An image of a young Autistic person with fair skin and long light brown hair. They are wearing a black face mask and doing a peace sign with one hand. They are sitting down with their knees to their chest, wearing navy stockings. Leaning on their legs is Goose, a golden retriever service dog. In the background are trees.

Leadership and Decision-making: Empowering for Life

April 26, 2022

A photo of Kerryn sitting at a wooden table, leaning their head on one hand and smiling at the camera. Kerryn has white skin, short mousy brown hair, and is wearing a navy blazer and brooch over a light blue blouse.

Disclosing Disability: An Important Step on the Road to Representation

April 11, 2022

A digital illustration of Selma Blair on a sage green background, with the definition of accessibility written in cursive script. Selma has light skin, a short blind bob, and is wearing a pink dress and purple shoes. She is wearing sunglasses, holding a coffee cup in one hand, has a black handbag over one shoulder, and is using a walking stick in the other. Selma’s figure is outline in a yellow silhouette to contrast the background text.

Bringing Disability Pride to Sydney

March 28, 2022

A photo of a disabled pole dancer, upside down, mid-routine on stage. She is an amputee with one arm, has long brown hair, and is wearing a blue a pink lycra body suit. Beside the stage is a pair of white and black Adidas shoes, a protest sign that reads ‘Visibly Proud’ and a red festival banner that reads ‘Making the Invisible Visible, Funded by Inner West’.

Far North COVID: The Pandemic ‘We Had To Have’, or, Life in Unofficial Lockdown

March 14, 2022

A digital illustration of the Earth, with a scale balancing on top of it. On the left-hand side of the scale, a pile of blue and grey vaccine vials weighs down the scale, with nothing on the other end, representing vaccine inequity and the unequal balance of vaccine distribution. At the bottom of the image is a reflection of the illustration, and in the background is an image of a light blue sky with white clouds.

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