Inclusion BC is launching a year-long celebration of Disability Pride as part of the official Canada 150+ celebrations, marking our country’s 150th anniversary. Funded in part by Canadian Heritage, we are excited to be offering grants to help include people with intellectual disabilities as leaders and contributors in existing community activities, causes or celebrations across […]
Truly Berge, facilitator in CLBC’s Dawson Creek Office, is devoted to helping those she supports, like Ralph Woidack, achieve their own personal successes. “I always wanted to be in a helping profession. It didn’t matter what it was going to be,” says Truly Berge, facilitator in CLBC’s Dawson Creek office. “It was just always in […]
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Do you ever, stop, for a moment and consider your heart? Do you ever have a second of doubt about your capacity for kindness? Do you ever worry that you’ve become too busy or too preoccupied or too self important for the time it takes to be compassionate? I was brittle today. Needlessly. In the […]
It was snowy and mucky out and as Joe parked the car I asked him if he’d push me into the mall so that my gloves didn’t get wet. I know, I know my tires would be wet, but what wheelchair user doesn’t know how to roll back and forth on welcome carpeting in order […]
They looked at us with expectant eyes. How can you refuse expectant eyes? Well, I have managed that for several years now. But, this time something was different. Ruby and Sadie have a Christmas Pageant coming up and, like every year before, we were invited to come. They had described, with great excitement and anticipation, […]
by Dave and Lorie Sherritt We are getting up there in age and our bodies are changing a bit. Sometimes we are surprised at how quickly things can creep up on us! We are working on making sure our condo is comfortable and we can do everything we want to do in it.We are […]
There are times when disability is simply exhausting. And I’m not even talking about simply the energy that it takes to manoeuvre in a world not created with you in mind, or dealing with the attitudes of those who feel that for the grace of God there they did not go. For me, this past […]
Well, that wasn’t planned. The whole day was organized, to the minute, but when they say “shit happens” they ain’t far wrong. We were at the hairdressers where Ruby and Sadie and their Mom were getting their hair done. We dropped in to visit but there was a special reason we were there, Ruby had […]
We were successfully on the bus. I had had the sole responsibility for getting the kids up, dressed, fed, and on the bus on time for our trip to see Joe sing in the church choir. We worked together as a well oiled machine. I was strapped down up front and the girls were asked […]
