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Christy Withnall
Приєднався 6 жов 2011
Hi! I'm Christy, a 22-year-old autistic person living in Canberra, Australia with various physical and mental disabilities. I'm following in my mum's footsteps by continuing to vlog now that I'm on my own. I enjoy reading and writing fanfiction, playing video games, and sharing my special interests and hyperfixations!
Trip Home for my Graduation! / DITL / VLOG / 15–28 Apr 2024
Join me as I go back home for my university graduation ceremony!
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Hi! I'm Christy, a 22-year-old autistic person living in ACT with various physical and mental disabilities. I'm following in my mum's footsteps by continuing to vlog now that I'm on my own. I enjoy reading and writing fanfiction, playing video games, and sharing my special interests and hyperfixations!
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Hi! I'm Christy, a 22-year-old autistic person living in ACT with various physical and mental disabilities. I'm following in my mum's footsteps by continuing to vlog now that I'm on my own. I enjoy reading and writing fanfiction, playing video games, and sharing my special interests and hyperfixations!
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Another Short Week / DITL / VLOG / 1-7 Apr 2024
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A short vlog as I didn't get up to much this week (and I didn't vlog at all the week after this one) but I did go see two shows and get some good news! Uploading this one also means I'm officially up to date! Whoohoo! Next vlog will be my graduation ceremony :D - Hi! I'm Christy, a 22-year-old autistic person living in ACT with various physical and mental disabilities. I'm following in my mum's...
Pain & A Mini Vacay / DITL / VLOG / 18-31 Mar 2024
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A few bad decisions led me to a fair bit of pain in the first week. In the second week, I got to see some puppies (and Mum)! - Hi! I'm Christy, a 22-year-old autistic person living in ACT with various physical and mental disabilities. I'm following in my mum's footsteps by continuing to vlog now that I'm on my own. I enjoy reading and writing fanfiction, playing video games, and sharing my spec...
Two Uneventful Weeks / DITL / VLOG / 26 Feb - 10 Mar 2024
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I didn't really get up to anything these two weeks so they would have made very short vlogs. As such, I decided to combine them into one (still rather short) vlog. - Hi! I'm Christy, a 22-year-old autistic person living in ACT with various physical and mental disabilities. I'm following in my mum's footsteps by continuing to vlog now that I'm on my own. I enjoy reading and writing fanfiction, p...
A Week of Ups and Downs / DITL / VLOG / 19 - 25 Feb 2024
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A relatively uneventful week but there are certainly some happy moments and one, very stressed-out moment. - Hi! I'm Christy, a 22-year-old autistic person living in ACT with various physical and mental disabilities. I'm following in my mum's footsteps by continuing to vlog now that I'm on my own. I enjoy reading and writing fanfiction, playing video games, and sharing my special interests and ...
Finally, a Slower Week! DITL / VLOG / 12 - 18 Feb 2024
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This week was a lot slower than usual. Life with disability doesn't always go to plan which is difficult to manage but it's important to keep trying. - Hi! I'm Christy, a 22-year-old autistic person living in ACT with various physical and mental disabilities. I'm following in my mum's footsteps by continuing to vlog now that I'm on my own. I enjoy reading and writing fanfiction, playing video g...
Settling Into my New Life... Kind of! DITL / VLOG / 5 - 11 Feb 2024
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I'm starting to settle into my new house but it's not without hiccups. Disability makes various aspects of my life difficult but I'm managing the best I can. - Hi! I'm Christy, a 22-year-old autistic person living in ACT with various physical and mental disabilities. I'm following in my mum's footsteps by continuing to vlog now that I'm on my own. I enjoy reading and writing fanfiction, playing...
First Week Living on my Own! DITL / VLOG / 28 Jan - 4 Feb 2024
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My first week living in Canberra and living on my own was a bit up and down but overall it went well! I run some errands to get settled into my new home and go to an exhibit at the National Museum of Australia. - Hi! I'm Christy, a 22-year-old autistic person living in ACT with various physical and mental disabilities. I'm following in my mum's footsteps by continuing to vlog now that I'm on my...
Channel Introduction
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This is just a quick video to introduce myself and what I'm doing :)
Moving Out of Home with Autism! DITL / Vlog / 26-27 Jan, 2024
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With the help of my parents and support workers, I leave the home I've been in for 18 years and move to Canberra! - Hi! I'm Christy, a 22 year old autistic person living in ACT with various physical and mental disabilities. I'm following in my mum's footsteps by continuing to vlog now that I'm on my own. I enjoy reading and writing fanfiction, playing video games, and sharing my special interes...
Well done Future Christy - i haven't even done any audio over video yet. Life is unfortunately full of ups and downs. That tree is so stunning. I had a tree like that outside my bedroom window as a child but didn't appreciate it at the time. You can watch Heartstopper when you come to look after the pups. And Young Royals.
It felt a bit weird to do a voice over! I wrote up a whole script cause otherwise I'd have rambled even more haha. The tree's pretty much bare now! It's been interesting to see day by day just how many leaves it's lost. And I'm looking forward to seeing the puppies (and watching some Netflix but mostly puppies)!
What tutoring do you do ? I'm new to your channel and abit lost with everything. Could I also ask why you didn't move with your parents and why have you moved to where you are..... My daughter has high functioning autism too
Welcome! I tutor university students studying psychology as I completed my honours last year. I love teaching and psychology so I really enjoy doing both at once! My main reasons for moving out of the family home are because I wanted my own space and my parents wanted to downsize. While they wouldn't have kicked me out, they also wanted me to move because they felt that would be best for me. I moved to Canberra specifically because it's more affordable than Wollongong. Although I may be moving back next year if I get into a master's program at the University of Wollongong.
Hi Christy hope you are well,I enjoyed your video.😁
Thanks! <3
Congratulations on your graduation 👩🎓 I have the same dressing gown,it’s so soft and warm Being tired all the time sucks. Have you checked your liver function via blood test and maybe consider an ultrasound to check the liver. You are doing so well living independently Take care xxx
Thank you! Unfortunately, tiredness is a symptom for a few of my disorders. Combined with my poor diet, I essentially have chronic fatigue. I am due for some more blood tests soon though; not sure if that includes liver function or not.
Surely the bank isn't going to give you a loan, you don't even have a job ?
She is on the DSP like I am and I was approved for a loan, so it is possible.
@@thecatlover71 for a home loan?
Yes for a home loan
Banks will give mortgages to most people, including those without a formal job. The limitation is how much you can get in a mortgage. On the DSP, the amount I could get loaned from a bank isn't enough to buy many properties because of how bad the housing market is right now.
@@ChristyWithnall that makes sense. So you are probably looking at like $100,000/$200,000 loan. Rather than a full time worker who could get up to 1m?
Congratulations on your graduation. You light up when you talk about your tutoring so it sounds like you really have a calling for helping others. Have you been looking at options for houses to buy? Do you have any that you would be interested in or are you patiently waiting for the ideal home to become available?
Thank you! And yeah, I really love tutoring. Unfortunately, buying a house isn't really an option for me until I get a job and even then, I'll have limited options because of how bad the housing market is right now.
Love the sunset scenes from your place. Thanks for sharing your graduation with us- it was interesting to see how it works, and it was great that they included indigenous people performances. Enjoy your vlogs on how you're doing and the days events ❤
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you! <3
Congratulations on your graduation - always a happy day. Lovely to see you home with family and sounding far more positive. Well done girl.
Thank you so much! <3 It was nice to see the puppies and my family!
Congratulations Christy! What an honor! 👩🎓❤
Thank you so much!
Congratulations on your graduation 🙂I can relate to a lot of the things you talked about throughout the vlog.
Thank you!! <3
It’s so funny hearing you talk about winter when it’s getting warmer and sunnier every day here in the UK xx
That's how I feel when companies start releasing summer merchandise and I'm here thinking "I won't be able to wear that for a like 4-6 months XD
Love your new clothes! It does get bitterly cold in Canberra, so warm clothes are a necessity ❤
Thank you!
Hi christie - you've got a great routine with house tasks. Congratulations on your graduation ❤
Thank you! I'm trying my best <3 Graduating was a lot of fun! The vlog for it should be up in the next few days!
Christy where do you get Minecraft from I would love to play the game
It's not on a gaming platform like steam. It's a game by Mojang and then bought by Microsoft so you can get it that way. You can probably just Google it and you'll find a link to buy it :)
That was so cute seeing the magpies having their bath.
They are very cute feather puppies!
I love the new daily 'Hellow' its so cute :)
Haha that's just how I say hello! <3
I love your hair❤
Aw thanks!
I like your vlogs I get to see pieces of your life!
Thank you!
Love your updates x
Thank you! <3
Great video Christy
Thanks :D
Congratulations on your tutoring job 🙂
Thank you!
Love your videos xx
Thanks! <3
Congratulations on the teaching work :)
Thank you! I really enjoy it!
Look how much you light up when you ltalked about teaching. Xxx
I really love teaching! <3
How have I survived for 22 years ?? Haaaa haaaa you made me laugh
Haha thank you <3
Your hair looks great, you should try a fringe I th8nk it would really suit you. ❤
Thanks! I like being able to get my hair out of my face (either tucked behind my ears or using bobby pins) so I probably won't get a fringe haha
Hope it is ok to ask . Are you still with your boyfriend? You are doing so well.
Yeah it's fine to ask! We had a mutual break up towards the start of last year. It was best for both of us and there are no hard feelings :) Thank you!
Love your jarmies, very cute, are you allowed to get yourself a cat maybe? A friend for you that could happily live inside? Maybe a senior from Cat Haven type place whose owner has gone into care. Does your sister have a YT channel too? Look forward to your next vlog.
Thank you! I'm much more of a dog person than a cat person. I also would struggle with having to feed a pet meat (I'm a vegetarian) so I think I'll stick to dogs haha. But either way, my current place is no pets at all so it doesn't make much difference until I move. Thee (my sibling) doesn't have a youtube channel but my mum does! (if you didn't come from her channel already :p )
I do towels on a long 60 degrees wash to get out all bacteria and dead skin cells. Nothing like a clean towel is there!
That's probably a good idea to do every once in a while! I'll look into what's recommended <3
You are doing really well Christy, still smiling which is huge. Could you do up a little plate of food in the morning that you could have for dinner? A slice of cheese, a slice of meat, a small sandwich, cut up some fruit- apple, orange pear, vegetable sticks, hummus, an egg, yoghurt. Maybe let us know what you do eat and we can all help if we can. Keep putting one foot in front of the other. You’ve got this!
Thank you! Due to my eating disorder, my diet is very limited, making it difficult to work out what foods I can eat but I really appreciate the sentiment <3 As for preparing things ahead of time, it's probably worth trying to find some meals I can piece together when I have energy throughout the day. I'll talk to my support worker about it and see if she has any ideas/suggestions!
I love you in red very pretty! I’ve been struggling to for a month now I’m having back pain and I have fibromyalgia so I’ve been struggling to do anything, we’ve been eating out every day for dinner my hubby picks up whatever we’re in the mood for!
Thank you! I hope you start feeling better soon <3 While I don't have fibro myself, I've seen how it affects my mum and sibling. Sometimes ordering in is the only way to make sure you have something so it's worthwhile doing! Better than eating nothing at all <3
Christy you are doing so well living independently. You are very courageous moving to a city where you don’t know anyone and so far away from your mum and dad and grandparents. Keep going, you got this!!
Thank you! I've definitely settled in. Canberra is more home to me than Wollongong is now.
Love the PJ'S.😊🧥😊 Have a little cry 😢 whenever you like - it does us good to wash away the frustration sometimes. Let it out !! Try to eat properly as this will help in all areas of your life for energy, brain power, stamina, and your skin ,nails, and hair. Remember to do your lists so that your routine is laid out, and even if you don't manage everything, you can carry it over to the next day. The flat looked lovely for inspection and so did you !! So nice that you at last have great help and support. I have a cleaner who is brilliant and she keeps a very keen eye on me when I'm not so well. Have a great few weeks. Take Care. Janice 😊
Thank you! My eating is particularly difficult as I've been fussy for as long as I can remember and it has now developed into a diagnosed eating disorder that will take a lot of work to challenge. But I do the best I can :)
You are doing well. The more you vlog the more routine it will become. Don’t be too hard on yourself. You can thin down your soup a little with either some cream, milk stock or even water.
Thank you! I'll have to keep that in mind for next time haha
I live in my pjs during the day. They are more comfortable. The birds were so cute. You are doing so well Christy. You should be so proud of yourself.
Thank you! And you're right, PJs are way more comfy than proper clothes!
That certainly was a week of ups and downs.
It was! Missing you and the puppas <3 And dad of course :P
Your hair looks pretty today 😊
Thank you! <3
Darling girl ... You made me laugh so much when you opened the feather duster 😂😂😂 "It's soooo soft !!!" Take your meds, it will feel so much better both because you have taken them AND because you can cross them off your list ! You do have a list don't you ? How about it then? - that's how I keep myself on track - I do a list either before I go to bed or first thing in the morning (no breakfast until its done) then its soooo satisfying to tick each thing off as I go. The first thing on my list is always Meds! It is so Heartwarming to see how well and quickly you have settled into your new home, dont you think? Just reflect on how far you have come since then 😊 Have a fab week whenever you are reading this. Love your friend Janice x
Thank you! I do have a daily to-do list but I'm not always the best at checking it off. I had therapy yesterday which was a difficult session but it seems to have kick-started me back into a better headspace so that's good. Ticking things off a to-do list is definitely a great feeling! Sometimes I put things on my list just so I can tick it off haha
Glad I found your vlog Christy- just a real person with no agenda, only being herself. Great .A refreshing change. Good luck in your new 🏡. Love it x A new friend in 🇬🇧 Janice x Don't worry about napping in the day. I have to do that sometimes, too. And you have had a busy week !
Thank you! Genuinely I don't do much interesting stuff in my life but I like to vlog my experiences anyway.
Yes tick tock makes me feel like crap too. I thought that was just me.....
No I think it's actually pretty common! It's designed to suck you in and make you forget how much time is passing.
My husband has been diagnosed with fibromyalgia in his heart. Pain but nothing wrong.....
I hope he finds a way to manage the pain <3
Pantaloons. Haaaaaa haaaa
I'm glad someone else appreciated my sense of humour. My mother always thinks I'm weird (which, like, I am but that's besides the point :P )
Subscribed, good luck on your UA-cam journey! Also, we have the same Apple Watch face :)
Yay thank you haha! I love the LGBT watch faces Apple provides :D
Do you get financial help from the government in Australia for disabilities? I'm from the UK and my daughter has autism and luckily she gets abit of help financially aa she's unable to work xx
I do, yeah, but it's not enough to also cover the costs of my supports. NDIS is the system in place to help cover costs of services while Centrelink gives pensions directly to participants who cannot work to spend.
Oh Christy, NDIS are renowned to make the process difficult. It really sucks! Good to see that a chat with Athena, your mom and seeing the puppies made you feel better May I ask why you moved to Canberra and didn’t stay closer to your parents? Hang in there sweet girl, keep the vlogs coming 🥰
I remember a few years ago she was thinking of going to to the Uni there but then the pandemic hit.
Mostly because Canberra was more affordable. Wollongong is a very expensive city to live in. I also love to infrastructure in Canberra.
Yeah, I'm going to apply to do my masters next year but I needed a bit of a break from studying after four years!
You poor baby I’m sorry you have all these health problems and you have a battle to get help. Thank you for sharing! Here in the states it’s hard to get disability we have to hire a lawyer!
Thank you! I'm glad I at least don't have to hire a lawyer. The system is a pain but at least I don't have to pay thousands just to get help to get government support!
Bless you Christy but don't take it personally, I am sure everyone has to jump through hoops to get assistance from the govt. I know that NDIS in particular has suffered a lot of rorting and Bill Shorten is cracking down on wastage so they are probably making doubly sure those applying for assistance actually deserve it, just do what they ask of you and you will have a win in the end.
Thank you! I'm still waiting at the moment but I'll be getting the last bit of evidence I need next week so hopefully it won't be much longer.
Mums are good at calming us down. Our system is so hard sometimes.
They are! And the beautiful boys certainly helped!
It sucks how complicated the system is. It's good that Athena is able to help you.
It really does! And yeah, Thee is great!
100% agree with you - the system shouldn't be this complicated. I hope you get the help you need 💛
Thank you! I'm still waiting at the moment which is frustrating but hopefully it'll get sorted soon.