She was little She saw me and smiled She pointed to me Her little finger traced a circle in the air Eyes seeing the wheel of my chair Now she stops. And looks Really looks at me At my chair She is in the smallest and tiniest wheelchair I have ever seen It is pink […]
Can we talk about training? A class, no matter how well done the PowerPoint, no matter how the rules of adult education are followed, no matter how many role plays or how many good evaluations you get, is not the appropriate solution to every human problem. We’ve come to a point in our society where […]
A few days ago news broke in the city of Toronto about two police officers, having stopped a car which contained three people, two of those were mother and daughter. The daughter had Down Syndrome. The police were caught on their own devises speaking of the woman with Down Syndrome as ‘disfigured,’ a ‘half person’ […]
I was sitting next to Scott, a fellow wheelchair user who I know lives in an accessible apartment, and talking about our move to Newmarket. I was explaining to him about having been on the wait list here in Toronto for 10 years for an accessible one to become available and how we decided to […]
She was mean. She went on a racist rant. She represented the worst of Canadian society, a side that we don’t like to show to the world. Yes, racists and bigots live here too. We aren’t all the warm, wonderful, welcoming types that is the stereotype. We love this image. In fact for our 150th […]
To say that many people with disabilities have a ‘conflicted’ relationship with government bureaucracy is an understatement of almost British proportions. On the one hand, most of our services and supports are paid for by government, yet this money comes with so many strings attached, hoops to jump through and barriers to breech; […]
Recipe for month June 2017 Serves 4 Cooks In 30 minutes Difficulty Super easy Vegetables, Dairy-free, Gluten-free, Vegan Nutrition per serving Calories 353 18% Fat 14.3g 20% Saturates 2.2g 11% Protein 7.3g 16% Carbs 47.5g 18% Sugars 5.6g 6% Salt 1.5g 25% Fibre 3.6g _ Of an adult’s reference intake Ingredients 200 g rice […]
When you are different, and constantly treated as such, you need a fair bit of tolerance in order to live a life where you aren’t shouting constantly at people. I don’t shout at people often, I confront people from time to time, but I usually don’t shout. I don’t know why when shopping on Saturday, […]
When we first moved here 10 years ago, it was summer like it is now. We found an outdoor patio, with only two or three tables, where we could sit and have tea and watch crowds of people go by. It was a unique little place and we felt, then when we discovered it, that […]
Published Vancouver Sun on: June 5, 2017 | Last Updated: June 5, 2017 2:20 PM PDT All those dimes and nickels you’ve been saving can now be put to use: single-ride transit fares in Metro Vancouver are going up five to 10 cents, beginning on Canada Day. It’s the first increase since 2013. The […]
