Selfadvocatenet.com Has just learned that Canadian govt has released the details of findings of the New National Accessibility Legislation Carla Qualtrough Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities. Has announced Official title: Accessible Canada – Creating new national accessibility legislation: What we learned from Canadians On this page Message from the Minister Why Canada […]
My power chair has been on the fritz for quite a while now, they are coming to look at it Tuesday, because they won’t take it to fix it until they look at it because our word that it doesn’t need ‘looking at’ it needs fixed isn’t good enough, so we’ll have to schedule the […]
How odd. We went into a coffee shop yesterday. I say that but Joe and I had tea and Sadie a hot chocolate so no coffee graced our table. When we went in we saw it was really full of people. I spotted one table free and headed for it. I couldn’t see, because of […]
It surprised me when he stepped on the elevator with me. It surprised me even more when I spoke up. He was in his late teens, he had been with a group of friends, in the mall. I had turned towards the elevator and in doing so came into their view. They all, to a […]
We came into the lobby and were blown away. It was completely redesigned and really fresh and beautiful. It’s a smaller chain known for room that are reasonably priced and for pretty good service. As we are in our 60s and as we’d been driving for hours our first request was for directions to the […]
It was a rainy and blustery day in Ocean City and our plans for going out for a walk along the bay or the ocean blew away in the wind. After getting to our room and meeting with organizers, Joe and I went for a tea in the pub. We managed to find a table […]
After having taken a photo with Vanessa, a woman we’ve known for years, to put on Facebook, I got back to the room and set about editing the photo. I looked critically at it and then began to crop. This is what the photo looked like: Photo description: Vanessa and Joe behind me as I […]
We arrived at a hotel, after two calls to confirm our accessible room, to be given a room that was not accessible. You can picture all that ensues, I just can’t write that story again. We eventually find another hotel, load the car and drive over. We’d arrived late at the first hotel, after a […]
Extreme heat: heat waves Many places in Canada have a high number of extreme heat events, often called “heat waves.” Extreme heat can put your health at risk, causing illnesses like heat stroke and even death. It is important to take steps to protect yourself and your family. What are extreme heat events? Extreme heat […]
Photo Description: A bra made of crayons decorate a crayon box with large crayons, the quote “Broken crayons still color” is written just beside a broken crayon. Artwork designed and carried out by Thea Nelson We were wandering through the mall in Salisbury when we came upon an exhibit of artwork done by various […]
