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You're different...

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You’re different, sweetie — and that’s okay. 💫 Not everyone will understand you. Not everyone is meant to. Access to you is a privilege. Stay kind. Stay real. Stay you. Sarah Wingfield ❤️  KawaiiDollDecora.uk #DifferentIsBeautiful #Neurodivergent #SelfWorth #KawaiiArt #YouAreEnough Alt text: Digital illustration of a blue-skinned, fantasy-style girl with pointed elf-like ears and shoulder-length purple and pink hair. She has red eyes with bold black eyeliner and small decorative markings beneath them, and wears a black choker and a black strapless top. The background is plain light grey. Handwritten black text at the top reads, “You’re different sweetie and that’s okay.” A small heart logo on the left says “Kawaii Doll Decora,” and “KawaiiDollDecora.uk” appears in pink text at the bottom right.

Rare Disease Awareness:

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It's rare disease day every single day for me. 🦓 Today is no different but what IS awesome about today and this week?! #Awareness!! Awareness means people understand my struggles better, it means the difference between being judged and shouted at and someone understanding and showing compassion. It helps. Keep helping. Sarah Wingfield ❤️  Independent Disability Advocate  #disabilityinclusion #strongertogether #disability #disabilityawareness #disabilitysupport #disabilityrights #rarediseaseawareness  Alt text: A pastel rainbow kawaii quote image about Rare Disease awareness. At the top, colourful text reads: “It’s rare disease day every single day for me. 🦓 Today is no different but what IS awesome about today and this week?! #Awareness!!” In the centre, a cute chibi girl with pink and purple hair wears a zebra-striped hoodie and holds a heart. Beside her is a smiling cartoon zebra with a green bow. Awareness ribbons in different colours float around them, along with he...

Dignity in action:

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This is what dignity in action looks like. 🎯 Scotland becoming the first nation to provide free sanitary products nationwide isn’t “extra” — it’s basic human decency. Period poverty is real. It impacts education, work, health and self-esteem. No one should have to choose between food and menstrual products. Access to sanitary products is about equality. It’s about safeguarding health. It’s about removing shame from something completely natural. When governments recognise that menstruation is not a luxury, but a biological reality, that’s progress. Dignity should never depend on your bank balance. Sarah Wingfield  Independent Disability Advocate  #PeriodPoverty #DignityForAll #HealthEquity #WomensRights #Scotland #StrongerTogether KawaiiDollDecora.uk Alt text: Square advocacy graphic with a glittery pink, purple and teal bokeh border. In the centre is an image of pink sanitary pads and tampons stacked neatly. A circular inset photo shows a group of people at a rally holding si...

Disabilities Are Not Swearwords:

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Disabilities Are Not Swearwords. There is something deeply unsettling about watching adults weaponise medical conditions as insults. Recently, in a local Darlington group, children’s behaviour was criticised by throwing around real diagnoses — including Foetal Alcohol Syndrome — as if they were punchlines. As if they were shorthand for “bad”, “feral”, “wrong”. Let me say this plainly: Using conditions like Foetal Alcohol Syndrome as an insult is not commentary. It is dehumanising . It reinforces stigma that real children live with every single day. And when adults model that behaviour publicly, it normalises cruelty . Disabilities are NOT swearwords. Diagnoses are NOT insults. If children behave harmfully, address the behaviour. Call out racism. Call out aggression. Call out misconduct. But do not drag disabled children into it as collateral damage. Because when someone says, “What in the foetal alcohol syndrome…” as shorthand for bad behaviour, what they are really communicating is ...

Simply No Thank You:

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I’ve just had to block an artist I previously supported because they refuse to understand the role AI plays in disability and accessibility. You’re absolutely entitled to your opinion. What you’re not entitled to do is weaponise that opinion to attack disabled communities — especially while actively using AI-merged platforms yourself. That’s not principle. That’s hypocrisy. AI, for many disabled people, is not a shortcut. It’s an access tool. It bridges gaps that the world still refuses to close. If you want to critique technology, do it honestly. But don’t disguise hostility toward disabled access as some kind of artistic purity stance. Find a new excuse — because targeting disabled people for using accessibility tools isn’t it. Accessibility is not something I should ever have to publicly justify. Yet somehow, the most uninformed and judgemental voices are the loudest in demanding disabled people be scrutinised to “prove” what we need. I’m not participating in that. If you don’t unde...

My Not-To-Do list:

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My Not-To-Do list: Well… that wasn’t on my to-do list. 🙃 I fell and twisted my ankle. One minute I was walking, next minute gravity said “absolutely not” and now I’m wrapped up in towels like a poorly little burrito. 😅 It’s sore. It’s frustrating. And if you know me, you know resting is not exactly my favourite hobby. I like being productive. I like moving. I like doing. But sometimes the body makes the decision for you. So I’m elevating it. Wrapping it. Being gentle. Letting it heal. 🩷 This is your reminder (and clearly mine too): Rest is not weakness. Slowing down is not failure. Healing is still progress. If I’m a little quieter while I recover, that’s why. Just sending love to my ankle and hoping it behaves itself. 💗✨ — Sarah Wingfield ❤️  #Healing #RestIsProductive #DisabledAndDetermined #KawaiiDollDecora #InConcreteIBloom Alt text: A close-up photo of a hand holding a square card against a soft, pale background. On the card is a kawaii-style cartoon illustration of an ank...

Inclusion:

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Inclusion - Sarah Wingfield. I didn’t create these slides because inclusion is trendy. I created them because I have lived the absence of it. Inclusion is not a corporate buzzword. It is the difference between someone thriving and someone shrinking. Between someone walking in freely and someone hovering at the door wondering if they’re allowed to exist. Inclusion is not about “helping them”. It is about dismantling the invisible walls we pretend aren’t there. It is about asking: Who did we forget when we built this? Who has to ask for permission to belong? Who is exhausted from explaining their humanity? We talk about ramps and captions and policies — and we should. But inclusion is also the silence in a room when someone speaks their truth and nobody rolls their eyes. It is believing lived experience without demanding proof. It is not punishing disagreement. It is not weaponising power. It is choosing growth over ego. Inclusion is emotional as well as physical. It is safety. It is dig...

Support matters:

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Hey everyone! 🙌🏻 Hope your week is going awesomely and life's being good to you! ✨ Just dropping by to say that by now you all know — I’m fully independent. 😅 No big machine behind me. No team pushing buttons. Just me. Building. Creating. Showing up. 🌸 When you’re an independent artist, breaking through the noise is hard. Reaching new people who genuinely care, who actually feel the music, who show real love, seek positive change or need help— that’s the uphill climb. So if you ever wonder how to support me, it’s honestly simple. 🎯 Share the post. 🎵 Share my music. 🎼 Stream one of my tracks. ✅ Subscribe to my Facebook. ❤️ Drop a like. 🗣️ Leave a comment. 🫵🏻 Add it to your story. ⭐ Send me stars. That ripple effect? ✨ It matters more than you realise. Algorithms don’t move without you. Growth doesn’t happen in isolation.  Every share is someone new hearing the sound, finding disabled voices amplified or finding that supportive affirmation they needed. You let me reach and ...

Thirty-Eight:

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Thirty-eight years on this earth and some days I still feel like I’m standing in the rubble of battles I never asked to fight. Healing from trauma isn’t linear. It isn’t aesthetic. It isn’t a cute quote on a pastel background. It’s messy and inconvenient and sometimes it creeps up on you years later and whispers, “You’re not done yet.” And when it comes to my son’s cancer — and all that happened around us when he was diagnosed — I don’t think a mother ever just “gets over” watching her child fight for their life while simultaneously navigating systemic failures, corruption, and ableism that caused real, tangible harm. That kind of trauma doesn’t sit neatly in the past. It rewires you. It embeds itself in your nervous system. It lives in your bones. Some days I’m strong and composed and overflowing with gratitude. Other days it hits me sideways and I realise I’m still carrying pieces of it all — not just the illness, but the environment we were forced to survive within. Then the guilt ...

Some gentle positivity:

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  It’s just a bad day — not a bad life. ❤️ A gentle reminder for myself (and anyone else who needs it today). Feelings pass, moments pass, and even the heavy days don’t get to define who we are or where we’re going. Be kind to yourself today. ✨ Sarah Wingfield  Kawaii Doll Decora 🖤✨ Alt text: A vertical selfie of a woman with long pink hair and dark roots, wearing red-framed glasses and a black top. She is smiling playfully with her tongue out, showing two lip piercings, and holding one hand up near her face with long pink nails. The image has a soft, slightly grainy filter with glowing star doodles scattered around the frame. At the top, white text reads, “It’s just a bad day, not a bad life,” followed by a red heart emoji. At the bottom, the handle “@KawaiiDollDecora” appears in white text with a small heart. The overall mood is warm, reassuring, and self-compassionate.

Ablesplaining:

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Ablesplaining : They don’t start by listening. They start by correcting. Not the harm. Not the abuse. Not the behaviour that caused the reaction. You. This is what ablesplaining looks like in real life — lived, not theorised: • Being told how my disability affects me by people who don’t live in my body. • Being instructed to “calm down,” “log off,” or “take a break” instead of having harm addressed. • Having my communication scrutinised while abusive behaviour is excused or minimised. • Being spoken over when I name discrimination, as if I lack insight into my own lived reality. • Being framed as “too emotional” the moment I speak with confidence and clarity. For disabled women especially, advocacy is quickly reframed as aggression. Boundaries become “attitude.” Self-defence becomes “harassment.” Disability does not mean: – lack of awareness – lack of intelligence – lack of authority – or needing non-disabled people to explain our lives back to us I already understand my condition. I a...

I regret nothing:

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 I regret nothing. I will always speak up against abuse, and I will never be an abuser. Defending yourself is not wrongdoing. Calling harm out is not harassment. #NoRegrets #TakeTheHeat Funny how some people can dish it out but can’t handle someone standing their ground. Yikes indeed. Keep challenging what needs to be challenged. It is not our fault that platforms often target those defending themselves instead of the abusive behaviour that caused the situation in the first place. If you want to stay informed, follow Exposed – Cheats & Abusers to keep up to date on local abusers and patterns of harm. Stay brave. Stay proud. Stay outspoken — especially in the face of abusers and their enablers. Period. 🎯 ~ We will not be compliant. ~ We will not stay silent. Sarah Wingfield ❤️  KawaiiDollDecora.uk Alt text: A screenshot of a platform warning screen with a purple background. White text at the top reads, “You can’t send messages for 3 days.” Below it, smaller text says, “Som...

Women are easy targets:

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 Warning ⚠️ rant! Why do some men think they can attack women they don't even know online, and worse, use them as verbal punching bags.   It's pathetic bro. No one wants your incessant bs or lashing out - go take your issues up with a therapist or some shid. Cos there's far too many of you - and they clearly don't know the legal definition of harassment.  I will not get off the internet - I rarely do as I'm told, but especially not when I'm told off by losers. Byeeee!! #facts: • Some men externalise their frustration. Instead of sitting with shame, insecurity, rejection, or lack of control in their own lives, they project it outward. • Women online are visible, human, and (to them) “safe” targets — especially women who are outspoken, confident, disabled, political, or simply existing without permission. • They mistake disagreement for provocation, boundaries for arrogance, and a woman’s presence for an invitation. • And yes — many genuinely do not understand (or...

Following Update:

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Hey everyone!! I hope life’s treating you kindly 💖 I’ve just hit 6.7k followers, so I thought it was the perfect moment to re-introduce myself. I’m Sarah Wingfield — a creator, advocate, writer, community organiser, and all-round creative dork. I work across disability advocacy, mental health, safeguarding, community projects, media, film, and creative storytelling, using my voice and platforms to challenge harm, amplify unheard voices, and push for real, meaningful change. I’m outspoken, I question what needs questioning, and I don’t shy away from difficult conversations. I know that means I’m not for everyone — and that’s okay. I’m here for people who value integrity, empathy, accountability, and the power of genuine community support. Thank you to every single one of you who chooses to be here. I hope to keep growing this space with more brilliant humans so we can continue supporting one another and turning compassion into action. Your favourite dork 🖤 Sarah Wingfield SarahWingfie...

More Meta Struggles:

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Ok, so I got my account back yesterday but now they've disabled my ability to comment - on anything.  Can't offer Advocacy support. Can't wish people happy birthday. Can't share to stories still. Can't even access my page status section. I'm still here so if you need my support or help, send a DM. 🫶🏻 Your girl still got chu!  Sarah Wingfield ❤️ #disabilityinclusion #strongertogether #disability #disabilityawareness #disabilitysupport #DisabilityRightsAreHumanRights  Alt text: A cropped screenshot of a Facebook comment interface. At the top, a verified profile named “Sarah Wingfield” has typed the comment: “Sending love and healing vibes girl” followed by two red heart emojis. Overlaid beneath it is a Facebook notification saying, “You have been temporarily blocked from performing this action.” At the bottom of the screen, an error message reads, “Something went wrong. Please try again,” with a blue “Retry” button below.

You’re Allowed to Feel Cute:

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When she gets new lipstick 💄💕 And suddenly remembers: her body was never the problem. Not the lips. Not the curves. Not the piercings. Not the way she expresses herself. Adornment is not an invitation. Confidence is not consent. Loving how you look is not something you have to earn. This is for every girl who’s been told she’s “too much” for simply existing loudly, softly, brightly, or differently. You don’t owe anyone smaller versions of yourself. Wear the lipstick. Take the photo. Enjoy the moment. Your body is allowed to be seen. Your joy is allowed to be visible. You are allowed to feel cute — even on hard days. 💖 ✨ Be soft. Be bold. Be unapologetically you. ✨ Credit: KawaiiDollDecora.uk #BodyPositivity #SelfLove #KawaiiDollDecora #DisabledAndCute #NoShame #SoftButStrong #YouAreEnough Alt text: A six-panel collage on a pale pink background featuring close-up selfies focused on glossy coral-red lipstick. The images show lips at slightly different angles, some with a small lip pie...

Stay balanced in the face of online hate:

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Too many people hate online — and it’s worth remembering this: Projections are not facts. They are not informed perspectives. They are fragments of someone else’s unresolved pain, fear, or insecurity, thrown outward. We don’t exist to absorb that damage. Most of us are here to help, to contribute, to make things a little safer or kinder for someone else — and that does matter. Quietly. Consistently. Even when strangers try to drown it out with noise. Take the hate if you must — but don’t carry it. Hold a mirror up to poor behaviour without becoming it. Name harm without internalising it. And always remember this truth: It is their responsibility to fix themselves. You cannot reason with the unreasonable. You are not required to shrink, soften, or explain your humanity to be treated with respect. Boundaries are not cruelty. Walking away is not weakness. Continuing to help — despite the hate — is strength. Let them keep projecting. You keep doing the work that matters. ❤️ Sarah Wingfiel...

Always speak UP against abuse:

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In a world filled with abusers, I would rather whistleblow and safeguard than stay silent and allow harm to continue. You’re not always believed. You’re not always listened to. Often, people only understand once it happens to them too. That’s why abusers hide behind good deeds, reputations, and performative “helping.” Genuine, authentic people take accountability. They correct their behaviour. Apologies come with changed actions. Abusers don’t do that. Instead, they surround themselves with people shouting about the “amazing work” they do — not to protect others, but to silence victims. Some of those people don’t even realise they’re enabling abuse. They think they’re defending someone they admire. But if someone were truly good, there wouldn’t be victims trying to hold them to account. Period. When this behaviour exists inside organisations, support groups, or positions of power, they are not there to help people — they are there to help themselves. Abuse is hidden behind an army. Pow...

BBC Broadcast Webinar:

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 ✨ I’m taking part in this BBC careers webinar — and I’m genuinely excited to learn. ✨ On 18 February, I’ll be joining “Inside the Broadcast: Careers That Power the BBC”, a behind-the-scenes webinar exploring the roles and people that keep the BBC running 24/7. What I’m most looking forward to is learning directly from BBC professionals working in Media Operations and Broadcast Engineering — the areas we don’t usually see, but that make everything possible. I want to understand more about how live broadcasting actually functions day-to-day, how teams coordinate under pressure, and what skills really matter in modern media roles. As someone who’s always been curious about how creative industries actually work behind the scenes, this session feels especially valuable. I’m keen to hear real career journeys, how people got their foot in the door, how they’ve adapted as the industry evolves, and what opportunities are emerging now — particularly in technical, operational and cross-disci...

Devaluation in Narcissist Parents:

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Devaluation in Narcissist Parents: They devalue their partner, then their children — then act like it’s someone else’s fault. ❤️‍🩹 Some ways devaluation shows up (especially when children are involved): • Abandonment without accountability Leaving a partner, but telling the child alone, controlling the narrative while excluding the other parent. • Manufactured struggle They create chaos or a “problem,” then present themselves as the hero who “fixed it” to appear like the better parent. • Replacement narratives Telling the child they’ve been “replaced” by an ex-partner or new partner — or implying they are — to provoke fear, insecurity, or loyalty conflict. • Financial avoidance with entitlement They don’t contribute to child trust funds, savings, or long-term security — yet expect the other parent to fund everything while taking credit or demanding access. • Triangulation They pit people against each other (child vs parent, ex vs new partner) to maintain control and avoid accountabili...

Emily Nails & Beauty Valentine's Treat:

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  Emily Nails & Beauty Valentine's Treat: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5 ❤️ I honestly can’t recommend this nail salon enough. Every single visit I’m made to feel genuinely welcome, comfortable, and cared for — which matters so much to me. Their work is consistently beautiful, creative, and immaculate, and the range of styles they can do is incredible. They’ve created ombré, Halloween, flames, neon, girly sets, French, Valentine’s designs and more for me — and every single set has been flawless. What really sets them apart is how well they adapt nails to you. They’ve done nails for my film work, music shows, and my own personal aesthetic, always understanding the brief and elevating it beyond expectations. Whether I need something bold and eye-catching, soft and feminine, or statement nails that work on camera, they always deliver. Talented, friendly, professional, and creative — I always leave feeling confident and happy. If you’re looking for a salon that truly listens and produces stunning ...

Valentine's Day 💘

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 ~Valentine’s Day 💕~ Peter and I exchanged gifts and cards, then popped to visit my parents. We took my mam some birthday gifts in advance and dropped a few treats off for dad too. Bam was gaming but got a lovely hug from me. 🥰 After that, we headed back home, chilled out, relaxed, and had a cosy night in together. No rush, no pressure — just comfort, love, and calm. Sometimes the simplest days are the most meaningful. 💞 — Sarah Wingfield 💐 #ValentinesDay #ValentinesDay2026 #Love #QualityTime #SimpleMoments Alt text: A pastel, scrapbook-style Valentine’s Day collage in soft pinks and creams with cherry blossom accents. Multiple photos show a smiling couple, Sarah and Peter, posing together indoors and in a car. Sarah has long pastel-pink hair, glasses, and wears a black top with a heart choker; Peter has glasses, a full grey beard, and wears a dark jacket. Decorative elements include pink bows, hand-drawn hearts, lace textures, and rounded photo frames. Text across the design r...

In concrete I bloom:

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 🌸 In Concrete I Bloom 🌸  I wrote In Concrete I Bloom as a chronic pain warrior — for every person who keeps growing even when their body feels like it’s working against them. This song is about resilience that nobody sees. About waking up in pain and still choosing to exist. About finding beauty, softness, and hope in places that were never meant to let anything grow. Chronic pain isn’t weakness. It’s strength built quietly, day after day, without applause. If you live with pain, fatigue, illness, or an invisible battle — this song is for you. You are not broken. You are not failing. You are blooming in concrete. 🌈🌱 Thank you to everyone who listens, feels seen, or finds a moment of comfort in this track. We survive. We adapt. We bloom. 🎧 In Concrete I Bloom – K•Doll feat. Mai #InConcreteIBloom #ChronicPainWarrior #InvisibleIllness #DisabledAndProud #PainIsNotWeakness #Resilience #WeBloomAnyway #KDollMusic #DisabilityAwareness K•Doll is a rising music artist blending pur...

My Creepy Cafe Podcast:

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I've finalised the My Creepy Café Show with Peter King and Vanessa Gudgeon so keep your eyes peeled! This first podcast session is a 21-minute deep dive into 15 amazing horror movies and why they're each our top five! #podcast #horrormovies #chills #movies #mycreepycafe  Sarah ❤️ You can sneak peak the first episode here - more details to come as to where the podcast will be distributed!

Love Kawaii Doll:

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Love 💗 Kawaii Doll Decora 🌸 KawaiiDollDecora.uk Included is your own #wellbeing colouring page 🌸 #art #chibi #love #valentines #kawaii #kawaiidoll #valentinesday #manga #kawaiiaesthetic #kawaiiart #romance #pastel #pastelvibes  Alt text: A pastel kawaii illustration featuring a chibi-style girl with blue skin and big sparkling eyes, lying on her stomach atop a pink melting heart. She has long pale pink hair in twin ponytails with bows, her hands cupping her cheeks, and her feet kicked up behind her in chunky pastel trainers. She wears a yellow top and a pink gradient skirt. The background is soft pink with wings, hearts, polka dots, and candy-like patterns. Large glowing text at the top reads “LOVE,” with “KawaiiDollDecora.uk” underneath. Additional cute elements include a small red heart, a notebook, a star wand, and a pastel unicorn, all in a dreamy, sweet aesthetic.

Behind the Pink Pages:

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  Behind the Pink Pages ✨ Creating, juggling, and keeping the magic alive Some days look a little quieter on the outside. A pen. A pink notebook. A pause. But behind the scenes? There’s a lot happening. Right now I’m deep in production mode for Aycliffe Alternative Magazine — pulling articles together, coordinating contributors, problem-solving, editing, designing, and making sure everything still reflects the values it was built on: community, accessibility, honesty, and inclusion. At the same time, I’m also working on a feature film project — which has unexpectedly become another full-time mental load. Managing creative direction, logistics, people, boundaries, and decision-making takes a different kind of energy. It’s exciting, but it’s also intense, especially when you care deeply about doing things properly and ethically. So this moment — pen in hand, scribbling ideas into a very pink Hello Kitty notebook — is less “cute aesthetic” and more survival strategy. Creativity doesn’...

Movie: Cast update:

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  🎬 Cast Update – Upcoming Film Project 🎬 I’m excited to share a cast update for my upcoming movie project, Scream Team Reunion (working title). This project brings together a fantastic group of talented individuals, and I’m really proud of the team coming together both on and off screen.   It’s been a lot of work behind the scenes, and even more work to be done, but seeing it taking shape is incredibly rewarding. More updates will be shared as we move forward, including production details and future announcements. Thank you to everyone who has shown support, patience, and enthusiasm for this project — it genuinely means a lot. Watch this space 👀🎥 Sarah Wingfield #movies #IMDb #IMDbpro #screamteam #screamteamreunion  Simon Hall  Janice Gill  Sean Moss  Sarah Wingfield Actress / Producer   Alt text: Dark-mode mobile screenshot of an IMDb-style page titled “Scream Team reunion.” The “Cast” section is open, showing “Top Cast” with four profile ca...

Systemic Mislabeling in Healthcare:

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 Autistic people are labelled “abusive” far too easily — especially in medical settings. Being in pain, crying, shutting down, or struggling to communicate is not abuse. Autistic distress is not aggression. I’ve had medical records filled with claims that I was “abusive” while I was literally immobilised in hospital — unable to move, in severe pain, and being shouted at. I couldn’t have hurt a fly. Yet I’m the one who left with bruises as a disabled patient. Those labels don’t just disappear. They follow you. They affect how future professionals treat you, whether you’re believed, and whether you get help at all. This is what happens when systems mistake disability and trauma responses for “bad behaviour”. It’s harmful, it’s lazy, and it puts disabled people at risk. Distress is not abuse. Crying is not violence. Autism is not a character flaw. Sarah Wingfield  Independent Disability Advocate  #chronicillnesswarrior #autismawareness #disabilityinclusion #strongertogether ...

Scream Team Reunion Movie:

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The Scream Team Reunion  Video update: I am so proud to announce that Simon Hall has come on board as Director, Producer and Casting Director, and will be playing 'Jack Lawson' in #ScreamTeamReunion. Let's welcome Simon to the project! Sarah Wingfield | Sarah Wingfield Actress / Producer Alt text: Close-up portrait of a middle-aged bald man with a short grey-brown beard and serious expression, photographed against a black background. He is wearing a textured brown fleece or coat. White text in the lower-left corner reads “Simon Hall” on one line and “Scream Team Reunion” beneath it. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39222547/?ref_=ext_shr Poster Alt Text: Black-and-white promotional poster titled “The Scream Team Reunion” with the subtitle “The Scream Team Is the Dream Team.” The design features three horizontal photographic panels showing blurred, high-contrast figures behind translucent surfaces: at the top, a face pressed upward beneath fabric or plastic; in the middle, a sil...

When People Speak Out:

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 When people speak out, they are doing so to seek resolution and solutions. If someone chooses to remain anonymous, that is a protective and safeguarding measure. It is actually slanderous to assume that anonymous complaints are themselves slander, when the clear intent is to raise concerns, resolve issues, and highlight harm that needs addressing. When people ask for modern-day accountability, it is rarely achieved. Anonymity often provides essential protection for those highlighting genuine issues — especially in environments where people become so loyal to organisations or companies that they attack the complainant instead of allowing harm to be acknowledged and rectified. Feedback is necessary for progress. Speaking about a bad experience is never slander — it is a request for accountability. From personal experience, formal complaints processes can expose people to further abuse, targeting, and retaliation, while still failing to resolve the original issue. If someone chooses ...

The important Conversations:

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We need more of these conversations! My answer: I work with charities and organisations and my advocacy and petitions but we need more teamwork. I find a lot of organisations are more about validation than community support - they're competing instead of amplifying the message by working together. I just finished an understanding domestic abuse course and I work in youth services and safeguarding children depts (unpaid) and we still need to fight to stop the unpaid roles disabled people are often left with and the 13% wage gap for those who manage to find paid work. The system is destructive in more ways than one, and until people start supporting genuine advocates and people> abusive ones with facades, we won't action much positive change. However - I'm proud that I action positive change and challenge what needs to be challenged, even if it's only small changes I manage to implement. I would also suggest the legalisation of pepper spray - having done my due diligen...

Still going, still learning, still smashing it:

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  100% accuracy – Japanese. 🙌🏻 Sarah Wingfield ❤️ #Duolingo #Japanese #StillGoing #Studies Kawaii Doll Decora  Alt text: Bright yellow Duolingo progress screen dated February 1. Text reads “I’m acing Japanese lessons with 100% accuracy!” A smiling green Duolingo owl appears on the right. Below, a section titled “Words I learned” shows white rounded tiles with Japanese katakana words: ネコ, ワニ, コ, ネン, フネ, イケ, フ, サケ, フユ, and ケ. The Duolingo logo appears at the bottom and KawaiiDollDecora.uk.  Words learned: neko (ネコ) – cat 🐱 wani (ワニ) – crocodile 🐊 ko (コ) – katakana “ko” (character sound) nen (ネン) – year (used as a sound element/counter) fune (フネ) – boat / ship 🚢 ike (イケ) – pond 🏞️ fu (フ) – katakana “fu” sake (サケ) – salmon 🐟 (also means alcohol when written 酒 — context matters) fuyu (フユ) – winter ❄️ ke (ケ) – katakana “ke” Still going. Still learning. Still smashing it. 💅🏻✨