TABOO TOPICS
Taboo Topics is a series dedicated to sharing stories from real live people [mostly who i know] on real life issues, situations or experiences that are seldom spoken about for various reasons. So far the topics that have been addressed [with links to all the stories] are the following:
Dealing with the Grief of losing Someone you Love
Living with Disabilities/Special Needs
Marriage [when it’s not been easy]
Parents of Young Children [where it hasn’t all been easy and fun and struggle free]
I hope these will be of encouragement to you and to friends and family who you know who have been through similar things – please feel free to share the stories or send links to people who you think might appreciate them.
love brett “fish” [brettfish@hotmail.com]
Steps Towards Transformation: Meet Hulisani Khorombi
I would like to think that I am good at putting my thoughts onto paper (virtual or not) but sometimes I come off as ignorant or unaware of something because the thought process that made [...]
Taboo Topic: Living with Disability – meet Louise Bowley [Aspergers Syndrome]
My name is Louise and I have Asperger's syndrome. Not many people know what this is, especially those in the church. There are two polar opposite views that I have come across in the church [...]
First steps towards a really new South Africa – a guest post by Nkosi Gola
My good friend, Linda Martindale introduced me to a friend of hers, Nkosivumile Gola at the TRC Re-Enactment meetings we both went to a week or so ago in Stellenbosch. When i heard that Nkosi [...]
Taboo Topics: Living with Disabilities – Meet Sabrina and Gabriella Del Fabbro [Spastic Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy]
Without getting too technical, the simplest way to explain S.Q.C.P. Cerebral Palsy - injury to the brain which controls movement of the body Quadriplegia (or Quadriplegic) – all four limbs are affected Spastic - spasticity [...]
Taboo Topic: Living with Disability – meet Steph Mclennan [Ataxia – Mild form of Cerebral Palsy]
"Why do you wear those things on your knees?" "Look at Steph, she is so slow. Ha ha!" "Why can't she run and jump like a normal kid?" "Steph you're a freak." These are the [...]
Taboo Topics: Adoption – we meet Jane and Mike again [Successfully Adopted!]
Brett has been nagging, I mean asking, me to do a follow up post to the one we did on adoption to see what life is like two years after adopting our daughter Rachel. I [...]
Taboo Topics: Living with Disability/Special Needs – meet Rebecca Benn [Dyslexia]
Being a dyslexic: Hi there, my name is Rebecca Benn, and I suffer (although I find my condition to be a blessing) from a learning disability or syndrome called dyslexia. The dictionary defines my syndrome [...]
Taboo Topics: Living with Disability – meet Helen Laas [Soft tissue Spinal Damage and more – Car Accident]
A Tough Miracle Thanks, but I've had mine Every once in a while, when I'm feeling particularly masochistic, I pay a visit to a different church. All usually goes well on arrival. I [...]
Taboo Topic: Living with Disability – meet Kashveera Chanderjith [Deaf]
AN INTRODUCTION It is a silent world, a world devoid of sound. It is an abyss of unknown tunes, of unheard melodies, of nameless songs. The world I belong to is a world where I [...]
Taboo Topics: Living with Disability – meet Keith Slabbert [Quadriplegic – Broken neck]
Hi I’m Keith. In the early hours of 26th of August 2012 I was found lying paralyzed on the floor next to my bed. I had suffered a seizure while sleeping and fell to the [...]
Taboo Topic: Living with Disability – meet Shaina Cilimberg [Aspergers Disorder]
My name is Shaina Cilimberg and I am almost 27 years old. I was diagnosed with Asperger's in the Dark Age, the 2000s. Back then, there was limited knowledge on Asperger's Disorder. It was a [...]
Dear Bloggers of Undetermined Colour
So this past week all the bloggers of colour have been writing to all the other bloggers of other colour but since they do not know each other personally [maybe the main problem?] they are [...]