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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’...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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. 💅🏻✨
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