December 2015 On behalf of the CLBC Board and our staff, we would like recognize the efforts of the self advocacy community to promote inclusion, self-determination and full citizenship for people with developmental disabilities in B.C. We look forward to working with you in the year ahead. For those of you who celebrate at this […]
My name is Tawnya Jones and I am a client at Garth Homer Society in Victoria, BC. I am in the Community Access Team (CAT). We go out five days a week helping out in the community. We do lots of recycling and then donate the money to Positively Africa. The kids in Africa really […]
I am in London, Ontario, right now, just getting up to get ready for a day full of meetings. Last night, on arrival, we headed straight over to The White Oaks mall to do a little bit of Christmas shopping. Neither of us are feeling well so we gave ourselves an hour to get some […]
Chris Herbert is an entirely decent man. You may not recognize his name right off, but you have probably heard his story or read his post which has gone viral. You may have seen the hysterical picture of the plastic shark ‘attacking’ and ‘eating’ his missing leg. He’s a dude with a sense of humour […]
This morning I was thinking about Santa. I was trying to remember how old I was when I learned that there wasn’t a Santa in the suit and reindeer sense. I think I was 9 years old. Most kids in my class had told me that there was no Santa, teased me for still believing, […]
There was a small cluster of people standing around the family washroom, all waiting quietly in line. There were Joe and I, along with Ruby and Sadie, there was also a staff of some kind with two very shy girls. We’d all just seen ‘The Good Dinosaur’ – a somewhat disturbing animated film. The girl, […]
Julie shares a round up of 2015 and her Christmas message.
Julie shares what inclusion means to her.
Written by Allan Sandner I was born October 13th, 1956 in Grand Forks, BC. My family owned Sandners Brothers Lumber Company and I worked in the mill for ten years, starting when I was 16 years old. I worked in the pond putting the logs on the green chain which brought them up […]
So you ever have this experience? You call up to buy tickets to a show you really want to see. You carefully and repeatedly ask questions about seating and about accessibility. You are told that where you are going is completely accessible, that they take pride in their commitment to accessibility. You are, foolishly, reassured […]
