Monthly Archives: September 2018

My Fate Mattered

It was late when we checked into the hotel. We ran into a lot of delays and I’m delighted to say that none of them were disability related, we simply shared the frustrations of the crowds. That may sound odd but sometimes I’m glad that its not about me, my chair or what I’m able […]

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Here We Go

We travel today. That means, hotels and rental cars airports and long flights. That also means a long litany of worries and stresses that come, not from travel, but from being a disabled traveler. There is so much trust involved. That the car will be the kind of car we ordered, not an upgrade, not […]

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A Little Boy Is Dead

A nine year old boy came out to his mother. She loved him anyway. A nine year old boy comes out at school. They tease him brutally. For four days. Horribly hurt and frightened, he kills himself. This just happened. *** We went to see a play, a musical, wherein in an opening scene the […]

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PRESS RELEASE: Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying Regulations Fall Short

Click here for French press release. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 4, 2018 TORONTO – The Canadian Association for Community Living (CACL) and the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) strongly call on the federal government to strengthen the monitoring system for medical assistance in dying (MAiD). As they stand, the just-published MAiD regulations to come into […]

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