by Sheenagh Morrison On September 1st all the changes with the bus pass and Persons with Disabilities (PWD) assistance took place. If you said “yes” to keep your bus pass then you get an extra $25 a month on your monthly PWD assistance. If you decided to give up your bus pass, you get $77 […]
by Jeff Stackhouse The Summer of 2016 is officially wrapping up but it sure was great. The PNE, Abbotsford Agrifair and Airshow, Langley Cruise-In and “Expo ’86: An Unofficial History” all helped create one of the most memorable summers of all-time. Just weeks ago I went to the PNE in Vancouver and it was amazing. […]
Yesterday after a long drive up to Sacramento, and a room not yet ready for us, we decided to kill time by popping over to the mall for lunch. I’ve gotten a lot stronger over the last several months but as we both were busting for the toilet, Joe took hold and practically ran to […]
We were getting on an elevator. It was one of those cool elevators with a glass wall allowing you to watch your ascent or descent. Further, when it was on the ground floor, it looking right into a waterfall giving the rise from or the descent into an even nicer vista. We heard two children […]
Today, I simply didn’t have the patience it takes to be disabled. I learned early on to be forgiving of people in regards to a general kind of ignorance about disability and space and access. But let’s be clear that takes a kind of energy that doesn’t have an endless source. And today, I ran […]
It has been hard for me to follow the Paralympics because I have found very little coverage about it. Thank heavens for the Internet because through a couple of webpages I’ve been keeping up, daily, with Canada’s medal count. I wanted us to do well, I wanted our athletes to excel. I am a disabled […]
We were off to get our hair cut. I was paying close attention to where I was going because the place where we get our hair cut has temporarily been relocated because of construction. I’m not as familiar with this new pathway. I saw her ahead of me, chatting and laughing with a friend. She […]
Wheelchair users are more likely to be killed as a pedestrian when crossing the street. This is a fact that arises from a study that, finally, looks at the experiences of people with disabilities in real world situations. As disturbed as I am by what the study found, I need to state that I’m grateful […]
When I began working in the developmental services sector, those of us who worked directly with people with disabilities were called ‘front line workers.’ I never particularly liked the term, but probably not surprisingly the reason I didn’t like the word was about me and how I felt about my work. I objected to the […]
I was sitting with Sadie, who was in my manual chair lulled to a kind of sleepy reverie by the sun and the sounds, and watching Joe and Ruby in the line up to get into the Zipper, a ride a Canada’s National Exhibition. They were talking and laughing and excited about going on the […]
