Hey, Hollywood!! Hey, Hey, Over Here. Yeah, it’s me, the fat guy in the wheelchair. Listen up. I SAID ‘LISTEN UP!!\ Do you know what I’m doing right now? Right now. Right freaking now. Nope, that’s not it. No empty pill bottle beside me. Nope, that’s not it. I don’t even own a razor blade. […]
I rolled into the shop for the first time. Up until now Joe’s just headed over and picked up what I needed when I needed it. Today I decided that I’d like to go take a look at what they had and ask a couple questions of the clerk. I’ve not been in a shop […]
I saw him. I know he knew that I’d seen him. But also, and this is unusual, I knew that he had seen me. Seen me past my physical shape, past my mode of movement, past every stereotype of every kind. He’d seen me. And, as I said, I saw him. We were going south […]
So, I’m still writing about the People in Motion show. I was, as I said, a little disturbed at the lack of people with disabilities working the show rather than simply attending the show. I decided, then, that I’d have conversations with the non-disabled staff just like I’d have with someone who had a disability […]
I’d never been the the ‘People in Motion’ show so when the doors opened, I was quite excited. Joe and I have never had to be the first in, the first off, the first past the post. We are quite willing to wait until the crowd dies down and then we make our entrance. We […]
Yesterday we went to the People In Motion show here in Toronto. It calls itself Canada’s largest disability exhibit and I was there both in my role as Clinical Director at Vita as well as a person with a disability myself. We were picked up by WheelTrans and then the bus filled up with others […]
A few weeks ago I was asked by the Cerebral Palsy Association to come and give a short talk about goal setting, specifically in how setting goals related to finding work. Initially I was taken aback; I’m good at many things but I’m hardly a poster child for finding a regular job. Still wanting to […]
I have friends from all walks of life, if we were all the same life would get boring for me. I “Don’t judge people” “They are who They are” I think. There are different types of friendships. One set of friendships, are your lifelong friends from school. Like for 30 or 40 years or so. […]
By Barb Goode Burnaby Neighbourhood house’s Seniors Ambassador program creates connection for isolated seniors. An Ambassador is a volunteer senior who lives in the Burnaby community and who is interested in supporting other seniors. Ambassadors are expected to first learn and then share information with seniors. I am one of the newest Seniors Ambassadors and […]
I am disappointed in myself. In my defence I was tired. But, I know that this is never a reason and always an excuse. But. I was tired. We were driving home on a hot day. Traffic had been really, really slow. We finally got to a point where we were moving more quickly and, […]
