November 2nd, 2015 The Province of BC has declared November to be Aboriginal Disability Awareness Month. The First Nations Summit and the Metis Nation British Columbia have also passed similar resolutions. Community Living BC is proud to support the first-of-its-kind awareness month in Canada to help promote understanding of Aboriginal disability issues and recognize the […]
November 2nd, 2015 In September and October 2015, service providers across B.C. are participating for the second year in a row in the MentorAbility project, a national program established by the Canadian Association for Supported Employment as part of National Disability Employment Awareness Month. MentorAbility matches protégés with developmental disabilities with employers (mentors) for a […]
My name is Cliff Stacey. This is a story about my experience living in home share. First a little bit about me. I was born in Prince George BC. My family and I moved to Vancouver when I was about 6.I went to a special school in Vancouver. When I turned 19 I moved into […]
I was born in Quesnel, but I moved around a lot. I attended high school in both Nelson and Nakusp. Since I graduated high school I spent time in Nakusp and Grand Forks. When I was in school in Nelson I was in Middle School. I didn’t get to do everything that everybody else got […]
On how I’m coping with the loss of my dad…I’m doing okay, I have my good days and my bad days. His health went downhill. My special person died because… He had emphysema; he had it for a number of years from smoking. Then two years ago it got worse. September of last year he […]
My name is Laurie Fairweather and I have been a self-advocate for many years. I have been at the Garth Homer Society for 23 years and hope to be for many more. I recently participated in a Self-Advocacy Café. It was the first one we (the Garth Homer Society Self-Advocacy Group) had ever put on. […]
By: Carol West This Halloween marked the 16th Annual Edenvale Self Advocacy Retreat. The 2 day leadership retreat brought together new and old friends from across the province to celebrate and advocate as members of BC’s Self Advocacy movement. Here is what Carol West from Prince George had to say: This was my first […]
I grew up in Salmon Arm BC. I lived with my Dad for most of my life. When I lived with him I went to school and would go on jobs with him. I sometimes struggled with school due to my disability, but I still managed to graduate. My Dad got sick and I took […]
I was adopted at the age of four and a half from Abbotsford BC. I started to live with my new family, but some of my extended family thought I was not worth keeping because of my disability and my behaviour problems. My parents did not listen to them because they loved me. We then […]
Why we need Self-Advocate run Social Clubs We need social clubs because it makes us be independent and have fun so therefore we don’t rely on support workers all the time and we can save CLBC money. We don’t need as much support if we are independent with others. We want to run programs […]
