Speak because your voice shakes.
Hihi!
My name is Fiona and I’ve been hopping around the internets making friends and creating sparkly chaos for many years. I live in Australia with my partner and our dog. I’m certainly autistic and probably in the ADHD realm, and I’m working hard to learn to manage my emotions and my actions so that I can enjoy life and maybe one day be a more productive member of society or at least use my brains and passions to help others.
I have a background as a speech pathologist but don’t work in it any more, but I am still very interested in communication and inclusive education. Apparently I finished my masters in Inclusive Education 13 years ago! I have thankfully qualified for the disability support pension. I’m using my time and background to advocate for welfare and disability rights independently, and with the Australian Unemployed Workers Union and Antipoverty Centre to advocate and lobby for livable welfare payments – above the poverty line and without harmful “mutual” obligations.
You can usually find me over on Twitter, hopefully not causing too many arguments. I’m also starting to stream more on Twitch – mostly playing Sims while talking about news and politics, so please follow me there too!
If you’d like to support me tangibly, you can make a donation or send a gift off one of my wishlists on my Support page.
If you’re a business and would like to collaborate, or a publication and would like me to write for you, or an organisation who would like my input, email me and see what we can arrange: phonakins@gmail.com