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Harry Potter and the Representation of Disability, Mental Illness, and Neurodiversity

Spending today doing a Harry Potter marathon, it only seemed right to share this!✨

Spoonie Runner Girl

The inspiration for this post came from the hilarious and intelligent ladies of Witch, Please, who pointed out that real-life disabilities might be a bit underrepresented in the Harry Potter world. Being the obsessed Harry Potter fan that I am, I decided to take the question to reddit:

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Why I Don’t Curse My Illness

Living with a chronic illness can be hard at times; it can be debilitating and dispiriting. It's something I have talked about in many of my posts, but something I really touched upon in "When Chronic Illness Gets You Down". Despite... Continue Reading →

When Chronic Illness Gets You Down

A big part of chronic illness is, of course, the physical aspect and what effect these types of illnesses have on our mobility and the other various physical symptoms that come with the territory. However, what most people forget about is... Continue Reading →

Chronic Illness at University

Now this isn't the post I originally planned for today... I was originally going to be sharing my story. However, after a tough week last week I decided to share this instead: living with a chronic illness at university. I feel... Continue Reading →

Blogging with a Chronic Illness

I spend a lot of time blogging about chronic illness, but I've never talked about blogging WITH a chronic illness. It can be frustrating, it can be tough and, as much I love it and enjoy it very much, it's... Continue Reading →

Rare Disease Day 2017

Well we've come to the end of February again. I can't believe how quick it seems to have come around... it only seemed like Christmas 5 minutes ago. With the end of February comes Rare Disease Day and every year... Continue Reading →

Spoonie; what does it mean?

You may have heard, seen or read the word "spoonie" come up before and, no doubt, wondered what on earth it means! I know I talk about spoonies and how many "spoons" I've got left etc. It's something that I have talked about... Continue Reading →

Coping with a Chronic Illness

In my previous post, I talked about the struggles and challenges of living with an invisible illness Those that can't be researched on the internet, or advised by a doctor, because, unless you live with an illness/condition yourself, you'll never know. So,... Continue Reading →

My Top 10 Tips on Loving Yourself

My guest piece on the lovely Dr Arlene's blog, BitterSweet: Real Talk. Thank you again!❤️

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