Recipe of the Month for February 2017 Weight Loss Vegetable Soup Recipe © SpendWithPennies.com Love it? Pin it to your SOUP board to SAVE it! Follow Spend With Pennies on Pinterest for more great recipes! http://www.spendwithpennies.com/weight-loss-vegetable-soup-recipe/ This soup is delicious, healthy and filling! It’s easy to make and perfect for lunch or afternoon snack. It’s bright, colorful […]
A bi-monthly update with news, stories and tips Where everyone knows your name: a parent’s creativity and determination helps build a welcoming community People recognize twenty-year-old Teaghan Collins everywhere he goes in Richmond. That’s thanks to a little determination and thinking outside the box work, says his mom Pam. Click here to read the full […]
I’ve been doing some research on the social experiences of people with disabilities in “community living.” Now I haven’t narrowed my research at this point, as I will soon, to people with intellectual disabilities, so I’ve just been browsing around reading, often upsetting material. One that I’m reading right now discussed ‘situational vulnerability’ for people […]
“Say it,” I said. I knew I was being forceful, but she just wouldn’t say it. I wanted her to say it and the tone in my voice made that clear. I’m doing this more often, and I may have written about this before, but I’m liking this new strategy, new kind of reasonable stridency […]
“Yes, I know.” “Yes, I’m sorry.” “Of course, you are right, I can’t understand.” A few months ago I was in conflict with a woman who was the mother of a child with an intellectual disability. She and I had been in discussion about the sharing, or in my opinion, the over-sharing, of the private […]
It may seem a small and petty thing. Even knowing that it probably is small and petty, however, doesn’t make the feeling go away. We were leaving the movie theatre and when we went to the elevator it was broken down. No panic, we know they have service elevators in the back as this has […]
To those I have ever dined with, to those I will some day dine with: I don’t care what you eat. Joe and I are vegetarians. We don’t discuss this fact with people unless they ask and we are always careful with out answers. But, for the purposes of writing this, I need to be […]
Web Version Like Tweet Forward TABLE OF CONTENTS • January 2017 Newsletter • Counting down to the 2017 Special Olympics World Games • Make a splash with the 2017 Polar Plunge • Awareness and insights at the World Outlook Financial Conference • Sobeys Better Food Fund launching soup fundraiser for Special Olympics • Building provincial […]
The Self Advocates of Semiahmoo(SAS) are a group made up of awesome people with diverse abilities and forward thinking ideas. SAS is about real change. SAS members gain confidence, friendships and create meaningful experiences. There are lots of ways to be a part of SAS; meetings, speaking, karaoke nights, fundraisers, conferences,Community Inclusion month, Surrey Eagles […]
CLBC recognizes all nominees for the 2016 Widening Our World (WOW) awards for their efforts to build inclusion, create employment opportunities, and increase people’s access to community and social networks. Below is a list of all nominees from across British Columbia. including this year’s four WOW Award Winners. You can click on each nominee’s name […]
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