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Being Autistic: the challenge of explaining and understanding how you feel

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 06/05/202206/05/2022
  • Opinion

I got my autism diagnosis in my early 40’s. Prior to that I had been an autism specialist teacher for many years. You would think that made me an expert in my own autism wouldn’t […]

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I am grateful for my tears

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 06/04/202206/04/2022
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I have a quotes app on my phone (called I AM) that pops up a new quote every time I unlock the screen. This one came up this morning and it really made me think.

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Disability access hotel review – Holiday Inn Queenstown Frankton Road

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 25/03/2022
  • Opinion
  • Video

THEIR DISABLED ACCESS IS ON POINT! If you know me, you’ll know I like to shout it from the rooftops if someone does disabled access badly.. and equally I like to tell the world if […]

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Poem: Don’t Pretend

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 10/03/202210/03/2022
  • Live events

Sometimes poetry happens for me on the spur of the moment. No one real topic, just a collection of incidents that lead me down a path.

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The trials and tribulations of dating in your 50’s

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 09/02/202209/02/2022
  • Opinion

What an unusual position I find myself in. I couldn’t in my wildest dreams have forecasted I would be 50 and single, even if you asked me just 18 months ago, I would have thought […]

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