So, I’m still writing about the People in Motion show. I was, as I said, a little disturbed at the lack of people with disabilities working the show rather than simply attending the show. I decided, then, that I’d have conversations with the non-disabled staff just like I’d have with someone who had a disability […]
I’d never been the the ‘People in Motion’ show so when the doors opened, I was quite excited. Joe and I have never had to be the first in, the first off, the first past the post. We are quite willing to wait until the crowd dies down and then we make our entrance. We […]
Yesterday we went to the People In Motion show here in Toronto. It calls itself Canada’s largest disability exhibit and I was there both in my role as Clinical Director at Vita as well as a person with a disability myself. We were picked up by WheelTrans and then the bus filled up with others […]
A few weeks ago I was asked by the Cerebral Palsy Association to come and give a short talk about goal setting, specifically in how setting goals related to finding work. Initially I was taken aback; I’m good at many things but I’m hardly a poster child for finding a regular job. Still wanting to […]
I have friends from all walks of life, if we were all the same life would get boring for me. I “Don’t judge people” “They are who They are” I think. There are different types of friendships. One set of friendships, are your lifelong friends from school. Like for 30 or 40 years or so. […]
