The Woven Way Blog
The Problem With “Mild”
This week, I’ve been thinking about the word “mild.” I have significant issues with this word, particularly when it’s used to describe a person’s overall experience rather than how one particular symptom is impacting them at that moment.
The Invisible Work of Having an Invisible Illness
The symptoms themselves may not be readily apparent to other people, but neither is all the work happening behind the scenes to understand them, explain them, and make them believable.
Accommodations sometimes come with baggage
One of the trickiest things I find about being neurodivergent with a chronic illness is the amount of stuff you have to lug around with you, using a body that’s not made for carrying.
What is POTS?
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) is a disorder of the autonomic nervous system, which is the system responsible for regulating many of the things our bodies do automatically.
The Woven Way
Hi, I’m Alice. Welcome to The Woven Way.
I’m a speech pathologist, IBCLC, educator and PhD researcher with a particular interest in the language we use to understand, explain and recognise experiences that aren’t always visible from the outside.