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Poem: Finding me amongst the mayhem

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 22/07/2022
  • Opinion

Self identity, what does it mean?Taken for granted, pre-assumedUntil your major beliefs are destroyedLeaving you in a barren battlefield. Like being airdropped into a strange town.Take time to look around.Find the familiar, find the new,Make […]

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Dating again after marriage: how everything has changed, including you.

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 10/07/202210/07/2022
  • Opinion

This has been a giant learning curve for me over the last few years. I was married 17 years before it broke up. But, I am also 17 years older and the world is also […]

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Dunedin motel review: how to ruin a disabled travelers trip in one easy step.

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 07/06/2022
  • Dunedin

I do not take pleasure in writing this review but quite frankly, it continues to piss me off how very disabled UNFRIENDLY the world is when all we want is ease of access to normal […]

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Poem: Behind the smiles

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 03/06/202203/06/2022
  • Opinion

Behind positivity is painPsychological hurtWhat has been takenMy mind tries to divert To gains I have madeCelebrating the newBut behind all the frontIs the stuff I’ve been through Triggers unknown,Unexpected, abruptThe affect they haveI completely […]

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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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