Please. Don’t. Don’t tell me, in the tone you use towards a pouting child, that I need to understand that those were different times. That people didn’t think about accessibility when designing houses, buildings or public spaces. Yes. They did. And said ‘fuck it.’ You don’t seem to understand that the idea of accessibility isn’t […]
We always get to the airport early. We like mornings, even sometimes very early mornings, so while it’s not fun, it’s not terrible either. Check in went smoothly and then we were off to security and then we’d pick up something for breakfast and eat it at the gate. We found a place to get […]
We called her “the AV.” Aunt Vesta passed away last night. I found out this morning. It was my first night home, I had gone to bed early, and I didn’t find out until just moments ago when I checked my phone and noticed a call that I had slept through. The news was […]
When in Campbell River working, I met a nice young guy who showed me a safety sticker he had designed for a family who had a child with autism. It was a cool sticker that presented emergency information to emergency personnel how to best support the child in an emergency. It was done with care […]
October 5, 2017 Dear members and allies of the BC Self Advocacy community, We hope you are well and have enjoyed your summer! We are pleased to send you this update about what’s new here at Community Living BC, including updates on: October is Community Living Month Self Advocacy Leadership Conference in Cranbrook 18th […]
Date: October 1st to December 3rd, 2017 Location: Anvil Centre, 777 Columbia Street, New Westminster (across the street from the New West Skytrain station) BIG HOUSE Art Exhibit In late 1996, when the last residents of Woodlands were preparing their move to community, the BC Self Advocacy Foundation initiated a project to record memories and […]
I haven’t been getting as much exercise on this trip as I’d like. I am pushing more than I do normally, but not enough to equal what I do in the gym. On Sunday we decided to go to a grocery store to pick up some things for the room. I told Joe that I’d […]
We were talking a tour around Canada’s biggest mall, in Edmonton, when we decided to stop for lunch. They have lots of restaurants but we really are fans of food courts and we found one, picked a spot to get food and loaded up our trays. We found a table and got into place. We […]
The automatic check in machine told me that I had to go to Special Services in order to get a gate tag for my wheelchair. A woman, working for the airline, said that she’d take me over to where it was and I asked if we could wait until Joe was back from returning the […]
I’m just not getting the exercise that I typically do at home while I’m on the road. Unlike my gym, the hotel gyms don’t have the same kind of accessible equipment. And, let’s be honest, even if they did, it’s tiring being on the road and I’m not entirely sure I’d go even if they […]
