At the risk of 'outing' myself here... I have a 30 year background in SEN education, both in adult disability provision, Acquired Brain Injury, and in Speech, Language & Communication provision. I have experience of Munchausens and Munchausens by Proxy.
I got caught up following Carrantha initially because, as a disability advocate, I was horrified at her reported experiences through Airbnb. I was fully prepared to fight on her behalf.
Very quickly I had an uncomfortable feeling - claims of the rapid deterioration of the brain concurrent with spectacular learning of new difficult skills (braille) didn't add up. Reports of losing the ability to read, but clearly reading quickly and fluently from notes didn't add up.
And then came claims of having personally, rapidly and successfully developed AAC software that the SLT community either uses already, or would kill for...
I had a real inner battle- I'm a fierce supporter of the disability community and to feel doubt rising was horrible. But moreso, I am sickened that anyone might use a false mask of disability for clout.
As I thought about it more and examined what the motive might be, it seemed there was little to no financial scam involved - I understand there may be issues now around orders being filled but honestly that's probably a by-product of all this distraction.
It all seems to revolve around a deep need for attention and validation, and likely stems from the tragic loss of her baby to SIDS. I can only imagine the ways in which my heart and mind would shatter in that situation and truly, my heart hurts for her
She seems desperately trapped now, creating the sister statement, but it's made things worse and the tiktok witch hunt is in full flow.
So... yeh. Who knows how this is going to pan out. But deep down, I kind of want to give her a hug. Weird.