On November 23, 2017, the Minister of National Revenue announced that the Disability Advisory Committee is being re-instated. From the release on the Government of Canada’s website: “The Committee will be a way for the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to connect with a wide range of stakeholders and take their views into account as we […]
News Release From Employment and Social Development Canada November 30, 2017 Ottawa, Ontario Employment and Social Development Canada The Government of Canada is taking further action to uphold and safeguard the rights of people with disabilities and further enable their inclusion and full participation in Canadian society. Today, the Honourable Kent Hehr, Minister […]
Selfadvocatenet.com Recipe of Month for Dec Prep 10 m Cook 20 m Ready In 30 m Recipe By : STACEYO “A dazzlingly simple and delicious recipe. This is an elegant dish to serve drop-in dinner guests.” Ingredients 1 pound uncooked linguine 1 tablespoon butter 3 tablespoons white wine 2 teaspoons grated Parmesan […]
The Kamloops Self-Advocates is a newsletter for people with diverse abilities published by Krystian Shaw. December,2017 Edition KSA Newsletter 2017 contains in This month’s theme Well, another year has gone by. Soon it will be 2018. But right now, Christmas and other Holidays all around the world in December is a great time to spend […]
I’d said ‘Hello’ to him the first time I saw him pushing himself around the mall, even though I knew he saw me he completely froze me out. “OK, then,” I thought, and didn’t acknowledge him again. It annoyed me a little bit because he’s a wheelchair user himself. He’s maybe only 10 years younger […]
Please, please, don’t get angry When I turn down help I don’t need. I just want to meet my needs not yours. Please, please, don’t get weepy When you see me out shopping Pity tastes bitter I ‘m not Tiny Tim I’m just getting groceries Please, please, don’t offer me prayers With your hands held […]
As soon as I saw the trailer for the movie, “The Star,” I knew that I wanted to see it with the kids. We set a time, on a school night, for us to pick the kids up at school and meet their mother at the movie theatre. We got them there early enough to […]
Community Living BC is pleased to support an important resource offered by the Family Support Institute (FSI). FSI has created an online resource database called www.findsupportBC.com that connects families and individuals living with diverse abilities to more than 4,000 governmental and non-governmental resources in almost every region of British Columbia. Find Support BC was […]
More than a few decades ago, I was a very different person. I mishandled a number of personal and professional relationships. Because a deep belief in my own unworth, I saw slights in sometimes the most innocent of gestures. I mistrusted friendships because my sole thought was that I was unlikable and hurt was the […]
We were leaving the arcade at the movie theatre and heading to get popcorn. We realized we didn’t know which hallway our theatre was located in. We saw an employee wearing the Cineplex uniform and called to him to ask and he smiled and pointed us in the right direction. We nodded thanks and went […]
