Victoria Wednesday, November 8, 2017 11:00 AM British Columbians are encouraged to get their flu shot early to protect themselves and their loved ones from the flu. As of this week, the influenza vaccine is available throughout the province at public health clinics, pharmacies, and nurse practitioners’ and physicians’ offices. “We often think of the […]
Early on into my life as a disabled person after pretty much everyone in my life knew that I was now a wheelchair user, I thought the work was done, I was officially out. But that wasn’t quite true. I found that when Joe and I were invited to places or events where most of […]
Dear Minister Simpson Hello and greetings. I know that you’re busy with running a very complex and diverse ministry, and I know that you have plenty of experts giving you advice on how to change (and hopefully improve) services. As a long-term receiver of these services I believe that I too am […]
First, she didn’t want to move the display. I had come into a store to pick up two gifts, that I’d seen there before. I couldn’t get into the aisle because there were now display cases on the corner blocking entrance. The display was a light cardboard thing that just needed to be slid over. […]
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/videos/sports/2017/10/31/despite-paralysis-coach-takes-special-birthday-dive/107181746/ (Try as I might I cannot get the video above to load. Please copy and paste it into your computer and watch it before reading further. Note what you take away from it. See if you saw what I saw. Dave) I saw this on Facebook today and knew it was going to […]
The Kamloops Self-Advocates is a newsletter for people with diverse abilities published by Krystian Shaw. November 2017 Edition KSA Newsletter 2017 contains in This month’s theme The Province is re-establishing the British Columbia Human Rights Commission. To do this thoughtfully, feedback is being gathered to help guide decisions on the role, functions and priorities […]
Love wins. I hear this phrase a lot in relationship to the present state of the world in general and in relationship to specific incidents of prejudice. Love wins. I don’t like the sense of burden this places on someone who is the victim of some other person’s hatred. I think that the idea that […]
I can’t write a blog today because I have to write a letter. Another letter about lack of access, about prejudicial decisions made regarding access and about the need for an immediate, and easy fix. I write so many of these letters. Pretty much every time I write on this blog, or tell someone about, […]
Joe dropped me just inside the door. I had pushed myself in and he’d brought the luggage cart, he had to get back to the rental car quickly so I shooed him away and told him I’d look around and find where the Air Canada counter was. I’m quite proud of the fact that, with […]
SELFADVOCATENET.COM RECIPE OF MONTH NOVEMBER Cook40 m Ready In 40 m Recipe By:EatingWell Test Kitchen “Here we toss grilled tuna with pasta, artichoke hearts, green olives and tomatoes. Grilling the tuna gives this ultra-fresh pasta dish a subtle smokiness. But if you’re pressed for time, try canned tuna in place of the grilled fish. ” […]
