“I’m bored talking about this, can we talk about something else?” Sadie is only half joking as she’s listening to Joe and I talk about how difficult it had been for me to get an egg salad sandwich because of some physical barriers that made it impossible for me to hear the sandwich maker and […]
Mall. Shopping. December. Yikes. We were doing some last minute shopping for parcels that need to head west on Monday and the place was packed. This makes pushing my chair arduous because I have to be hyper-alert for the walkees who legs seem to simply not know which way they are going next, like the […]
Fear. Is lessening. Because. We aren’t listening. We, the LGBT+ community, aren’t listening to our own history. We’ve been distracted by the progress made, medically, the advancements made, scientifically, and the benefits resulting, from the research. These are things to celebrate. They are things that have been life giving, life sustaining and life extending. They […]
Independence. I was chatting with a friend who was telling me about going swimming with his kids at a public pool in Toronto. He goes there regularly and he and his kids love it and the time they get together to just play. He was telling me about something that happened, a funny ‘you’ll never […]
Yesterday we were at an event with Ruby and Sadie and their mom. It turned out not to be a really ‘safe environment’ for me. I was subject of both whispered comments and stares. There wasn’t a moment, the whole time, even when the main activity was going on, that I wasn’t being examined, probed […]
Vancouver Monday, December 3, 2018 10:45 AM Sixteen accessibility projects throughout British Columbia are benefiting from $500,000 in provincial funding that focuses on promoting greater accessibility and inclusivity for people with disabilities. The funding is being distributed through an accessibility project grant program administered by Disability Alliance BC (DABC). The 16 not-for-profit organizations will receive […]
Vancouver Sunday, December 2, 2018 9:00 AM Seven new members were appointed to the board of directors for Community Living BC (CLBC), the provincial Crown corporation that supports more than 21,000 people with developmental disabilities throughout B.C. Board members provide oversight and guidance in alignment with the Province’s goal to make B.C. a more accessible […]
By Sheenagh Morrison (Victoria, B.C.) Members of the diversability community use to call October Community Living Month, now myself and most people call it Community Inclusion Month. I prefer the term Community Inclusion Month more than Community Living Month because to me, we are all living and when I hear the word “Living,” I […]
