Scout

I considered starting dating again and then I remembered how after I broke up with one ex, their friends started a social media campaign which included someone anonymously messaging me to say (paraphrased) "your ex fiancé said it was your fault they strangled you" and I think single is still good eh

Regretfully, I was intending to clean and tidy my house today and I've been swept off my feet by a migraine and it's associated fatigue. It needs done so badly... I can't decide if I push through and crash tomorrow instead of go to work, or rest now. Both work and home are important.

Exhausted and crashy... and our support worker is sick. Healthcare New Zealand have still failed after 6 weeks to organise an alternative plan for my kōtiro for when this happens, this is something like the 5th missed session in those 6 weeks.

They keep asking "does she need us today"... do they realise how hard it is to get NASC funding in the first place?! Of course we need them! Stings harder on a day I can't even get out of bed all that easily.

So apparently you are unable to access a needs assessment if your qualifying condition was diagnosed via telehealth, which means that even though I just paid $700 for the only form of diagnosis I could afford and access, and even through it found me to be autistic, I cannot get help.

I could wax lyrical about the unjust access to qualifying documents, the financial burden this places on people who may be struggling to get by, the challenges inherent to the condition that can make getting out of the house for assessment challenging. But personally it's just shit. I'm sick of it.

Hi, my name is Scout. I am autistic and ADHD. For real. On paper. For the rest of my life. I was right.

I didn't think this was controversial but a basic need of everyone living in NZ is, in fact, to be aware of natural hazards around you and have plans for your household or workplace in the event that there is an emergency and comms don't work. Don't expect to be able to load the website after AF8.

Anyway, this week's jobs are to finish drafting a community activation plan to take back to the community, check that for the next 10 weeks the disaster kit will be enough for an extra human, and keep doing my bit within a community with my neighbours.

I didn't think this was controversial but a basic need of everyone living in NZ is, in fact, to be aware of natural hazards around you and have plans for your household or workplace in the event that there is an emergency and comms don't work. Don't expect to be able to load the website after AF8.

For large swathes of New Zealand, there are emergencies that will result in not only there being zero available comms, but also no one coming in to immediately help. So what can YOU do. What are YOU aware of.

I didn't think this was controversial but a basic need of everyone living in NZ is, in fact, to be aware of natural hazards around you and have plans for your household or workplace in the event that there is an emergency and comms don't work. Don't expect to be able to load the website after AF8.

I co-lead a community preparedness group. You know what I keep hearing? "When people will come to help us". You know who "people" are going to be? OURSELVES. Our neighbours! Our communities!

I think my whole life is just filling in forms, calming small walking terrors, and re-making the cereal that wasn't "correct" at this point

Did you know my cat is being starved? She receives the same prescribed quantity of her $98/bag vet dictated food every morning and night and has done for 5 months straight. But she is being starved.