Shelbi | Founder
I am extremely passionate about raising awareness of invisible disabilities, neurodiversity, mental health, and health conditions - from my personal lived experiences. This is why I have created this non-profit to use my creativeness to bring awareness, understanding, and to hopefully have a positive impact on these areas.
My Story
Brief overview of my personal challenges;
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I had speech and language difficulties as a child - I received Speech and Language Therapy for.
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I was diagnosed with Dyslexia towards the end of secondary school.
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I have experienced mental health difficulties.
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I was diagnosed with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) as an adult.
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I always suffered from migraine since school, however I was recently diagnosed with Hemiplegic Migraine.
This is why I am passionate about expanding my advocacy work to help raise awareness of other neurodiversity, mental health, and health conditions. There needs to be more support and services for all invisible disabilities - especially for those disabilities where there is no current and/or limited support for. So that no other child, young person, and adult's have to experience their needs being missed, unmet, or diagnosed late. This can have an massive affect on how you view yourself, low-self-esteem & confidence, and negative thoughts.
My Work
