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5 Disabled Parenting Hacks | for Easier Nappy Changes

Aug 25, 2019 Fi Anderson

Guidance and support troubleshooting independent nappy changes when parenting with a disability or chronic illness. Continue reading 5 Disabled Parenting Hacks | for Easier Nappy Changes

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How Changing Places benefit parents with disabilities

Jul 19, 2019 Fi Anderson

An innovative introduction of how Changing Places toilet facilities are unknowingly bridging the gap in aiding disabled parents out and about in their daily lives. Continue reading How Changing Places benefit parents with disabilities

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Eye-opening statistics and a Hopeful progression #ForAccessibleHomes

Jun 5, 2019 Fi Anderson

A long awaited update on our journey to source an accessible home and an unexpected opportunity to tackle the hidden housing crisis. Continue reading Eye-opening statistics and a Hopeful progression #ForAccessibleHomes

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Adjusting to NIV Around My Children

Mar 19, 2019Nov 5, 2019 Fi Anderson

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Learning to let my children see me using a ventilator on a daily basis, despite the heartbreaking worry of how they’d react. Would the machines I depend on to keep me with them longer, frighten them? And would even they still love me the same? Continue reading Adjusting to NIV Around My Children

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Life Insurance Battle with Muscular Dystrophy

Dec 2, 2018Dec 9, 2018 Fi Anderson

*TRIGGER POST* A raw and honest post on my personal struggle to obtain Life Insurance coverage when with a life-limiting condition when wanting to plan ahead. Continue reading Life Insurance Battle with Muscular Dystrophy

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5 Things Children Gain Having A Disabled Parent

Nov 25, 2018Dec 9, 2018 Fi Anderson

Have you ever heard that saying – “The only disability in life is a bad attitude”? This couldn’t be more true regarding society’s perception of disabled parents. Society still in 2018 see living with a disability as this great tragedy, … Continue reading 5 Things Children Gain Having A Disabled Parent

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I Risk My Life Everytime I Venture Out | #FitToBurst

Oct 2, 2018Nov 11, 2018 Fi Anderson

Did the title grab your attention? No, it wasn’t clickbait. No, I’m not being dramatic and no, there isn’t another way out of this vicious cycle that I haven’t spent 14 years trying to make work to improve my situation. … Continue reading I Risk My Life Everytime I Venture Out | #FitToBurst

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Trip to Chester Zoo! | Courtesy of The Willow Foundation

Jun 10, 2018Nov 21, 2018 Fi Anderson

Back in 2016, finding it difficult to get out with now 2 young children under 5 as a wheelchair user myself with a life-limiting muscle wasting condition, I applied for a ‘Special Day’ via The Willow Foundation. I’d actually known … Continue reading Trip to Chester Zoo! | Courtesy of The Willow Foundation

Life Of An Ambitious Turtle

Navigating Life & Motherhood with Muscular Dystrophy

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