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Navigating friendships & relationships
During school, my hopelessness about friendships and relationships created a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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Sex & Sexuality
The topic of learning about sex is private to me but I am part of a group that attends zoom meetings about topics to do with sex and relationships that you would not talk about every day. These meetings are well planned and interesting with information written in plain English.
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Planning for appointments: communication
After the issue with visiting a GP, my mum reached out to our amazing speech pathologist who suggested that we make a profile about me and how I can communicate.
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Planning for appointments
Conversations with a GP can be tricky as I often attend medical appointments with my mum or dad, and they often speak to them but are getting better at asking me why I have come to see them.
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Conversations with healthcare professionals
For a long tI have had many health issues in my life and have had multiple medical professionals tell me that there is nothing more they can do.
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How to talk to caregivers
When I go to see a health professional for the first time, I am usually accompanied by my mother. As my CP can make it harder to verbally communicate with my speech becoming quite laboured, reducing my clarity, I initially get my mother to explain my CP diagnosis and any other relevant background details to…
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What are my healthcare rights? (Dentist experience)
Earlier this year, when I had my six-monthly clean and scale at the dentist, it was obvious that the dentist was quite scared of me because of my CP. At the start of the appointment, I explained that my CP means that my reflexes are heightened.
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Transitioning to adult healthcare #2
When I left the children’s system and after I left, I asked them where I should go next. Some health professionals who work in the children’s hospital also work in other places and I have been able to keep seeing them using NDIS funding.
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Transitioning to adult healthcare
I left the Royal Children’s Hospital when I was 18 years old. I had a lovely graduation ceremony but felt a bit sad about not being at RCH and leaving the doctors and specialists that I knew, and they knew me so well.
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Specialist referral (Broken hand)
When I was younger, I broke my hand. My mum took me to my normal GP, and we were told to go and have x-rays. This all went fine, and I was referred to a hand specialist.
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