Monthly Archives: March 2014

March 13, 2014 by Vani Jain The slogan “nothing about us without us” is a message that gained early prominence in disability activism in the 1990s and has since been used as a rallying cry across many different disciplines. The core is the same: any decisions about a particular group (such as people living with […]

Released on March 19, 2014 The province is continuing its unprecedented support for people with disabilities with enhancements to programs and services. The 2014-15 Budget includes $446.2 million in funding for people with disabilities, an increase of $84.3 million over last year and more than double the funding provided in 2007-08. “The commitment we made […]

by Gail Johnson on Mar 18, 2014 at 3:10 pm Able-bodied folks rarely sweat the small stuff. Making dinner, grocery shopping, and having a shower are the kinds of daily tasks that are easily taken for granted when you have no trouble doing them. Add to that list household chores like vacuuming, dusting, scrubbing bathtubs, […]

by  Tom Fletcher – BC Local News posted Mar 17, 2014 at 9:00 AM Retired London Drugs CEO Wynne Powell speaks at the B.C. legislature with a sign-language interpreter: ‘This is not out of the ordinary. This is how we should operate as a society.’ — image credit: Tom Fletcher/Black Press Of the thousands of comments […]

A company that discriminated against an intellectually disabled Ontario woman did so with the consent of her parents and likely the complicity of the government, a human rights tribunal has found.     Christie Blatchford Published: March 12, 2014, 8:03 pm Updated: 4 days ago     The case made headlines this week, and appeared […]

Money MakeoverBy: Joel Schlesinger Posted: 03/15/2014 1:00 AM | Carry and Drew have a lot of things they would like to accomplish in the next decade and a half. The problem is they only have so much money to go around. “We need to be able to budget our money so we can save to […]