Victoria Monday, May 28, 2018 11:30 AM British Columbia’s Rental Housing Task Force will tour the province in June 2018, stopping in 10 communities to engage British Columbians. The task force is leading a review to modernize and balance provincial tenancy laws to provide safe, secure and affordable housing. The focus will be on both renters […]
Selfadvocatenet.com in support of National Accessibility week from may 27 to June 2nd reason is We need to change the way we think, talk and act about barriers to participation and accessibility. And to remove barriers to give Canadians of all abilities a better chance to succeed. selfadvocate.ca will be doing is of highlighting some […]
Hi, I am going to write a story about how my niece changed my life. I was abused as a child and I always ended up in the hospital. Every year around mom’s anniversary of her passing I would feel sad and hurt missing her, but last year April 23, 2017, my niece was born. […]
Sometimes being a person with diverseability is hard and you all have my support.Let me tell you about being someone with a high functioning invisible diverse ability, it is twice the work and double the mental concentration. Let me explain… I feel that sometimes when a diverseability is very visible and apparent or very noticeable, […]
Home. Our flight home. Our waiting rental car. All went as they were supposed to. The traffic was heavy because of the long weekend but we managed to survive it all and arrive home. We came in and immediately felt embraced. We knew that this space was ours and that it was tailored to our […]
Okay, we fly home tomorrow. As you read this we will be on a plane flying towards Canada. One we land it’s about an hours drive home, depending on traffic, and then we sail in to the long weekend. We’re tired from the trip but as always grateful to have had the experiences we’ve had. […]
On March 28th, 2018, I went to my first CLBC Editorial Board meeting as a guest. It was amazing and I really liked it. I learned a lot from it, and I will continue to learn a lot more from future meetings. Seeing what the board does for CLBC is impressive. Watching people use their […]
Victoria Friday, May 18, 2018 11:30 AM Michael J. Prince, the Lansdowne professor of social policy at the University of Victoria, has been appointed chair of Community Living British Columbia (CLBC) by Shane Simpson, Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction. CLBC was created in 2005 to support services for people with disabilities. The appointment of […]
From: Employment and Social Development Canada Statement May 17, 2018 Gatineau, Quebec Employment and Social Development Canada Global Accessibility Awareness Day aims to recognize the importance of digital access and inclusion for people with different disabilities. On this 7th Global Accessibility Awareness Day, let’s ask ourselves what our lives would be like if […]
“Hey!” said a passerby with disgust, “Don’t do that!! It’s disgusting.” Now I don’t happen to believe that this was said to the man with an intellectual disability because of his disability, I firmly believe it was because of his behaviour. He had been walking alongside his staff in a mall when he leaded over […]
