Lived Experience Consultant, Occupational Therapist & Author
Joined June 2009
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Watching this you might just see someone swimming breaststrokeWhat I feel is something very different-coordinating everything takes huge concentration and effort. It's not automatic. It's work. But the more I practice,the easier it gets!What is it that you could get better at?
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Walking my dog her lead loops over my walking frame. Actually the lead often gets caught in my wheelBut the freedom&fresh air make trying to untangle it worthwhile.Sometimes independence isnt about doing thingsperfectly. It's aboutfinding a wayto keep doing thethings that matter
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Read my two newest blog posts about the proposed NDIS cuts, assistive technology and my independence at emma-gee.com/ndis-proposed-c… and
emma-gee.com/assistive-techn…
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- Reach out to your local MP!
🎯 Read the Legal Explainer by the Justice and Equity Centre here jec.org.au/publication/expla…
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The proposed changes will have devastating impacts on so many people's lives. Here's what we can ALL do-
🎯 Make a submission by May 29th. Short is fine. email.y.kajabimail.net/c/eJx…
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🎯 Read the Legal Explainer by the Justice and Equity Centre here jec.org.au/publication/expla…
A great podcast to help understand it all is available athttps://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/ndis-promise-broken-advocates-unpack-the-sweeping/id985097200?i=1000768855596
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Better late than never right!
🎯 Make a submission by May 29th. Short is fine. email.y.kajabimail.net/c/eJx…
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Read my latest blog on disability, insight and the freedom we deny ourselves at emma-gee.com/dance-like-no-o… #reinventingemma #dance #yogapose #recovery #selfconsciousness emmagee
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Tonight’s physio walk felt like I was dragging myself through concrete. Freezing, exhausted and moving at a snail’s pace, that bench ahead somehow felt both so close and impossibly far away. I struggled but so glad I made it!
T'was one slow, stubborn step at a time. #resilience
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Read my belated Mother's Day blog about my extraordinary Mum @https://emma-gee.com/mothers-day-my-extraordinary-mum/ #emmagee #resilience #reinventingemma #mum #mothersday support
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An oldie but a goodie. Today at local pool I was doing an exercise called “Seaweeding” — holding onto the side of the pool and gently weaving my body through the water.
It’s an exercise I first learned in physio nearly 20 years ago, and somehow it’s still just as therapeutic !
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20 years on from my stroke recovery and tonight reminded me just how powerfulteamwork can be. My annual physiotherapy review where my whole physio team came to my home to review where I’m atThe power of people working together should never be underestimated#physio #collaboration
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Read my latest blog at emma-gee.com/travelling-with… about my experience with non-accessible accomodation and advocacy
#reinventingemma #accessibility #travel #strokesurvivor #advocacy
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Great to work with the OT students @latrobeuni today, exploring the importance of embedding lived experience into the care they will go on to provide. I hopefully showed the value of meaningful occupations in my own rehab , & how “meaning as medicine” has shaped my recovery.
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Terrifying to learn about the reduction of supports for so many with #NDIS cuts;(#bombshell
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Another great opportunity to present to an inspiring group of physiotherapy students @monash_uni today on enhancing person-centred care and the importance of including each person's livedexperience Encouraging to see thoughtful questions posed by the next generation of physios
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Read my latest blogs at emma-gee.com/blog/ from rehabilitation, to advocacy, to accessibility, to support…Enjoy! #livedexperience #emmagee #rehav #stroke #resilience #therapy
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