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The WWDA Blog allows our members to connect, share, and learn more about each other. Due to funding, we published our last WWDA Blog in May 2024. We want to thank all the WWDA members who shared their experiences with us, and this blog will remain on our site for our community to view.

It is important to share the experiences and stories of our community. We encourage all WWDA members to explore and contribute their experiences via the Real Stories on OurSite.wwda.org.au.

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Learning To Accept My Disability

By Angel B

Content Note: This post includes descriptions of depression and bullying.

Lessons of an Unsung Leader

By Suchita Vanessa Smith

Content Note: This post includes descriptions of family death.

Cats, Pokémon, Feminism and Disability: An Unconventional Trajectory

By Heidi La Paglia

Content Note: This post includes descriptions of eating disorders, depression, medical trauma and gender-based violence.

How Do We Challenge Ableism and Make It Visible to Dominant Australian Culture?

By Larissa MacFarlane

Content Note: This post includes descriptions of post-traumatic stress.

How Can I Be a Mentor if I Have an Illness Myself?

By Sandra

Content Note: This post includes descriptions of body dysmorphia.

Borderline Storyteller

By Sandie Jessamine

Content Note: This post includes descriptions of child abuse, sexual violence, carceral violence, addiction, overdose and suicide.

Leadership and Employment Barriers

By Melanie Schlaeger

Birra nghinu guyungan (Back Yourself)

By Lily Hodgson

Content Note: This post includes strong language.

The Power of Leading the Way

By Katie Butler

A Call For Flexibility

By Lauren

Content Note: This post includes descriptions of anxiety and stress.

Autism Awareness Harms: Why I Don’t Wear my Blue Shirt in April

By Maria Scharnke

Content Note: This post includes descriptions of eugenics and violence against Autistic people.

Learning to Lead

By Renay Barker-Mulholland

Normalising All Disabilities

By Kerry

Content Note: This post includes descriptions of anxiety, depression and workplace bullying.

When Ambition is Unexpected

By Hannah Diviney

The Waiting Room and Hep C

By Tabitha Lean | Budhin Mingaan

Content Note: This post includes descriptions of carceral violence, sexual violence, suicide and strong language.

In the Meantime

By Bethany Cody

Content Note: This post includes descriptions of depression and self harm.

Why I Stopped Raising My Hand

By Margot MacKellar

Giving voice to Autistic Migrant Women

By Helen Said

Content Note: This post includes descriptions of racial violence.

Taking Leadership and Rediscovering My Body and My Boundaries

By Sadaf Pasha

Content Note: This post includes descriptions of medical trauma, infant loss and depression.

Disability Discrimination in the Workplace

By Cheryl

Content Note: This post includes descriptions of depression, suicide, stillbirth and workplace discrimination.

I Need a Leader

By Natalie Corrigan