I couldn’t believe how I was spoken to, any of the three times it happened. First I was directed by an airport staff to wait in a section roped off for disabled people to wait to be pushed to their flights. I am able to push myself to the flight, I didn’t need and hadn’t […]
I was reading an article on line about a new tourist attraction in NYC that I’d like to go to see. As is typical, the reviewer never mentioned any form of accessibility. I know, I know, I know, it wasn’t published on a disability blog, but it was a piece that was meant to inspire […]
We were waiting to take off, sitting in the disabled area near the gate, with another couple. She used a really cool looking scooter and my interest in the fact that she had it at the gate started the conversation. I asked about her experiences with traveling with a scooter and that was it, we […]
I am a gay man. I am a disabled man. I am these things all the time but these things aren’t always forefront in my mind. Further, I don’t often feel both identities rise in me simultaneously. But. It happens. Joe and I were on a plane that had landed and we were waiting until […]
Victoria Thursday, September 14, 2017 2:00 PM Shane Simpson, Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction, has made the following statement regarding Disability Employment Month: “September marks the fourth annual Disability Employment Month here in British Columbia. “This month is an opportunity for all British Columbians to celebrate the contributions of people with disabilities in […]
We have lots to catch our members and supporters up on! Check out our Summer 2017 Newsletter! Inside: Letter from the new President of BCPF: Michael McLellan Announcing the 2017-2018 BCPF Board of Directors and Vacancy in the position of Regional Director of the Lower Mainland East and Fraser Valley Member Highlight: Brayden Walterhouse 2017 Inclusion […]
SelfAdvocatenet.com update B.C. Budget September update NDP budget Building a Better B.C. for Everyone THIS IS A GOOD START MORE IS NEEDED TO IMPROVE LIVES THOSE WITH DISABILITIES HAVE MORE CHOICE PROSPERITY IN JOBS, HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND INCOME TO HELP WITH BASIC COST OF LIVING IN BC THIS START BUT MORE IS NEEDED. […]
After learning that I would not be able to take the shuttle over to pick up the rental car I had to go back across to the airport sidewalk to wait to be picked up. To do this I would have to push uphill across a busy street, but no worries there was a police […]
I did ask. “Are the buses accessible that take us from the airport to the rental cars?” A beaming smile accompanies the word yes. When people are that happy about accessibility, for an odd reason, I get less trusting. “You know, with a ramp and everything?” Again a big smile and a yes. Okay. We […]
When we landed in Omaha, I was greeted by a young man who was there to assist me in getting from the plane to the luggage area. As you all know I’ve been working do become completely independent in airports and explained to him, once I’d gotten myself to the top of the arrivals ramp […]
