My father, right now, is receiving fairly significant care in a hospital in British Columbia. I went there to visit him and see how he was doing. For a 93 year old man he shows a strength of will that goes well with his strength of character. He is a kind, soft spoken man. People […]
Waiting is never fun. We left Vancouver well over an hour late because the plane had a slight mechanical problem which needed fixing before take off. So it was dark when we landed, Joe needed to wait for a shuttle to take him to the car, the shuttle wasn’t accessible so I had to wait […]
Joe and I did something that we never thought we’d do yesterday. We went shopping for a basketball. There are hoops outside the front of our house that are there for community use and we thought that maybe the girls would like to use them, therefore, the ball. We went into a store that sold […]
Image description: a graphic design of a fist with the fingers being different colours of the rainbow. (I don’t know who owns this art, if it’s use here is unacceptable, please let me know and I will take it down.) I met a man at a dinner party.Who got very quiet when I answered […]
We boarded the plane, got in our seats, and watched take off time come and go. Every 10 or 15 minutes there would be an announcement that the flight would take off in 10 or 15 minutes. About an hour and 20 minutes later, they announced that the “small mechanical problem” was fixed and the […]
18 months ago, this would have been a very different conversation. 18 months ago, I would have been looking at my savings and cursing the fact that it was approaching the $5,000 asset limit. But today that wasn’t the case. Today I was wheeling into an appointment with an investment manager at my bank wanting […]
On behalf of Selfadvocatenet.com We would like to wish Happy Birthday 150 Canada. We have came along ways in 150 years for people with diversabilties. We have more acceptance in our communities, more independence and more job opportunities. Hopefully things will continue and get better for people with diversabilties. Canada 150 Anniversary […]
What is the purpose of a Self-Advocacy Group? The purpose of The Nelson Self-Advocacy Group is to encourage people with disabilities to take more control over their own lives, make their own decisions, solve their own problems, and speak for themselves. We build awareness and education of the strengths, rights, wants, and needs of people […]
I had a dream of doing something big that I felt Canada could offer me.’ Canada 2017 · June 26 Krystian Shaw publishes his newsletter out of Kamloops, B.C., but the monthly issues are for all Canadians. He shares tips for mental well-being and combats the stigma and discrimination that often impacts people with intellectual, […]
Three things: 1) Ignorance is not bliss 2) Ignorance is never an excuse. 3) Ignorance is almost never the problem. Recently there was an incident in Canada, that I will not link to, where a woman went on a racist rant at a walk in clinic wanting a white doctor who spoke English. Thankfully there […]
