My first work experience at Value Village was when I was still in high school at D.W. Poppy. I would only work a few hours in the afternoon ragging off (taking clothes that weren’t selling off the sales floor) , Letting people into the washroom and answer questions as best as I could. After graduating […]
The Kamloops Self-Advocate is a newsletter for people with diverse abilities published by Krystian Shaw. January edition Newsletter 2016 contains This month’s newsletter is about the New Year and goal setting. Hope you enjoy the sweet potato chips recipe and the New Year’s jokes that will tickle your funny bone! Lisa’s […]
January 7th, 2016 Every year as part of our commitment to continuous quality improvement, Community Living BC conducts an Annual Service Satisfaction Survey by telephone with a randomly selected group of self advocates and family members from across the province. The results from this survey help inform us about areas of service delivery that may […]
Image Description: a blue glove with a different feeling face on each of the finger tips and thumb. I felt what I felt but I didn’t know if I should have felt what I felt but, nevertheless, I felt it anyways. Part of me knew that feeling the way I was feeling […]
Watch as Julie Carlson shares her thoughts on what inclusion means to her. Julie has recently become one of our new columnists on SAN, see her full column Don’t Dis My Ability here.
Help needed! The Kamloops self advocate newsletter is looking for more contributors and writers in Kamloops or BC Canada. You Can write about your life living with Diverse abilities and success stories. For more info please contact thekamloopsselfadvocate@yahoo.com
Image description: The blue wheelchair symbol with a red question mark over the head and with the words ‘are you serious?’ underneath in black A number of people have asked me to update the status of my powerchair. I’ve been avoiding doing it because it’s all just so difficult. But here goes … After the […]
Image Description: A photograph of a disabled child on wheels in an R2 D2 Costume Star Wars – The Force Awakens is playing in theatres that I no longer have easy access to, what with my power chair being in for repair. The theatre closest to me isn’t playing it, the only other on I […]
Image Description: Joe sitting at a food court table that has been designated as accessible by the blue wheelchair symbol. Joe, who gets handsomer by the day, is pointing at the symbol. My power wheelchair was picked up for repair this afternoon. I stayed at home to ensure that whoever picked it up heard directly […]
Image Description: A closeup of a computer keyboard with black buttons on a grey background, the key above the ‘shift’ button is red with white letters reading ‘Sorry’ I was in the small pharmacy across the way, doing some shopping and picking up some medications. The scooter I am using does not have the […]
