Gilly Smith aka Dizzy

Published Author and Co-editor of Danda Focus

 www.theid.weebly.com dizzydaydream@rocketmail.com

I've spent nearly the whole of my life wondering why I always felt like I was on the outside looking in, and in 2007 I finally decided enough is enough, it was time I took control and found out for myself.

On May the 19th 2008, I finally found out the reason why I am, like I am!

And on this day I got not one reason, but three!

• Dyspraxia
• Dyslexia
• Attention Deficit Disorder AD(H)D

Sometimes life is just like waiting for a bus isn't it!

Since then my life has changed. That diagnosis freed me from nearly all the guilt and self doubt I have felt in the past and given me more understanding of myself and the confidence to write about it.

I went from, a woman that would be reduced to tears every time she had to write anything like an essay or official correspondence to a now published author and co-editor of a charity newsletter!

My book "Take 2 Asprin" is about my journey from realising I was ND and through obtaining diagnosis as an adult.

A process which a charity called DANDA (for adults with any ND condition/s) really helped me achieve.

Selection of poetry posted here

• The Child within
• Beatle font
• The mind of Oz
• Sushi
• Logistics
• G2
• Dodo
• Wait till they get a load 'a' me!
• Geranium Dreams
• Ker-Boom!
• The Bodyguard
• Purple Rinse
• I Want to Dream of Rainbows
• In-a-Box
• Rain Dancer
• Police Chasers - NEW!
• My Silver Dream Machine! - NEW!

Published work

Take 2 Asprin

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[click below to see back cover and read Mary Colley's review]

A DANDA publication, London, 2009 ISBN:978-0-9545021-2-6;

Pages: 124; Price: UK £10

All proceeds go to DANDA, Registered Charity No 1101323  

Order via web or phone (uk) 0207 7435 7891

http://www.danda.org.uk/ pages/publications.php

Reviews & Articles

• Book review by Eleanor May-Brenneker

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