Social Development Minister Don McRae has resigned from cabinet, citing a family health concern. McRae, a two-term Liberal MLA from the Comox Valley, said the stress of a family member’s emerging health situation led him to ask Premier Christy Clark if he could be removed from her cabinet. “Professionally, you always try to do all […]
TABLE OF CONTENTS • January 2015 Newsletter • Countdown is on to the 2015 SOBC Winter Games • Raising awareness at World Outlook Financial Conference • LETR Final Leg to kick off 2015 Provincial Games • Draft an Athlete for the 2015 Provincial Games • New video resources for SOBC coaches • SOBC figure skaters […]
A Credo For Support (People 1st version) Norman Kunc & Emma Van der Klift’s video, “A Credo for Suppport” – spoken by members of San Luis Obispo People First.
The Next Chapter Book Club has been very busy since I wrote the first article. We now have three new members who have joined the original five members. We finished our second book “The London Eye Mystery” by Siobhan Dowd. We had Vancouver Public Librarian, Dana Horrocks, come to the group and help us […]
Marie Renaud, executive director of the LoSeCa Foundation, said new rules will result in a housing crisis for people with disabilities (CBC) Provincial housing safety standards will hurt the people with disabilities they’re supposed to protect, says an Edmonton non-profit group. “The damage it will do to individual and families’ lives is horrendous,” said Marie […]
The Riot is about self-advocacy. We offer a newsletter, a blog where self-advocates can share opinions, an online art gallery, toolkits, games and services to help individuals become stronger self-advocates. We cover topics that are important to self-advocates. And we really don’t like silly rules that just keep people down. We are serious about self-advocacy […]
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We connect families of persons with disabilities with resources available to them. It’s simple; just select your criteria below to get started.(Please Note: We are always tweaking and adding to the resources found here. If you know of a missed resource or notice a change that should be made, please fill out theSuggest a Resource […]
January 19, 2015 Avril Lavigne announced last week that she has written a song called “Fly” for The Avril Lavigne Foundation to support Special Olympics. The song will be released in advance of the Special Olympics World Summer Games, which will take place July 25-August 2, 2015. More details about the song will be available […]
Riia is an artist and activist who expresses herself thru her painting and live public speaking. Who is Riia Talve? Riia Lane Talve Riia was born at B.C. Children’s Hospital in 1985. She spent the first seven months of her life in the special care nursery. She began drawing at an early age and […]
