Vanessa Smith
@normal_ness
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We’re all normal to ourselves. I write. Hates hustle,loves shiny objects. Can’t even influence an ant. Anthropology & sociology graduate Author of books.Spoonie
Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Joined February 2012
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RT @chaser: We asked a panel of news room editors for their verdict on potential uses of taxpayer money, to clear up the confusion most peo…
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RT @still_ernamh: I am really tired of doctors more afraid of you 'deconditioning' than suffering permanent heart/vascular damage from exer…
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RT @N0vemberRa1n_: @thediabetic86 I don’t think we should police how disabled people feel about their experiences with disability
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Stop telling other people their feelings on disability and chronic illness are wrong, because they’re an individual & internal opinion and I don’t believe that can be wrong, even if you personally hold a different opinion.
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RT @domsalisbury: You've got to be deeply ignorant and stupid to believe PEM is muscle soreness due to deconditioning. I can barely look a…
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RT @EmergeAus: Australian ME/CFS organisations adopt Election Commitments for the sector. This gives a coordinated message for advocacy eff…
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RT @ginasfsydnee: nobody knows anyone with long but they all know people with year long coughs, family members dealing with sudden cardiac…
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RT @QuirkySage: @swampflora Also a lot of these people just don’t want to be friends with people who got chronically ill from covid, or dis…
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RT @swampflora: "i don't know anyone with long covid" says every ableist covid minimizer in disabled people's mentions. buddy, you just don…
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RT @adamfare1996: Disabled people shouldn’t be made to feel “grateful” for having any support. I’d personally much rather not be disabled,…
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RT @MMissingAus: An important study from @NCNEDResearch @Griffith_Health. Brain abnormalities in ppl w #MECFS & #LongCovid explain our diff…
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RT @NobodyInPoverty: "If someone is struggling to just pay for 50-cents to get on a bus or a train, then a penalty infringement notice from…
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@deborahbrian When the first response is that it doesn’t help my immediate assumption is that they haven’t dropped enough. And I say that as someone with a decade+ long struggle in doing exactly that.
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RT @PunkyBrewstuh: I have survived cancer twice—Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and Kidney Cancer. I know fear, pain, and the weight of a diagnosis.…
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RT @AnilvanderZee: Amazing response by @RobWust et al. that makes the response by Ranque et al. seem painfully silly. One way sad we still…
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RT @bowiefairy: @mornings0da disabled people can acknowledge that our disability is in fact disabling.
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RT @laurenancona: oh but it’s not external that shit is in you also your disability doesn’t generalize to others good talk
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