Woman's Own

Forty years of unanswered questions

‘The smallest of tasks for most were the biggest of feats for me’

As another mound of work landed on my desk, I took a deep breath and sighed. It was the turn of the 90s and I’d been working in my job as a personal assistant for the past four years. I enjoyed the responsibility, but my working day was consistently plagued by my physical and emotional struggles. It seemed that the smallest of tasks for most proved to be the biggest of feats for me. I had difficulty with my handwriting, I found the days long and tiring, and my attention span was incredibly short. And as I

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