Image description: On a cork board a note is pinned. On the note is a smiley face under which is the word ‘disability’ with the dis cross out. There is a sentiment that I’m hearing more and more often about disabilities but never actually said by someone with a disability. I know what the speaking […]
Image description: A bright red hearse with white drapery over the two back windows. I thought my life was over. I thought I’d lose everything I had and everything I’d worked for. I had no where to turn. No one to talk to. I had faced illness, even death, before but nothing prepared me […]
Image discription: the word privilege Joe and I were waiting for Marissa and the kids to catch up to where we were. We had just finished seeing an exhibit at the Royal Ontario Museum. As we waiting I noticed a man going by in a very cool looking scooter. He caught me looking, stopped and […]
Image description: The word ASSESSMENT behind a magnifying glass. Early and anxious. That’s how I woke up this morning. Joe too is jittery. He’s made sure that the place is clean and orderly. I helped with that as much as I could. He’s driving the girls up to school this morning and may not […]
Photo Image: A Canadian 20 dollar bill, front and back. I handed over my shopping bag to Joe and he handed over a $20 bill to me. It seemed a fair exchange. We’ve arranged it so that when we go shopping, Joe gets in line to pay for the groceries and I head over to […]
Every now and then I meet someone, or hear a story about someone, or see something on social media about someone whose story makes me really proud. I want to be clear about the word I’m using. I’m using the word ‘proud’ not the word ‘inspired’ because they are different words with different meanings. Let […]
image Description: A park bench with a brass coloured plaque reading: This bench is reserved for the young, beautiful and affluent. If you are old, ugly or poor please sit elsewhere. A couple of days ago the controversy about a particular gravestone placed in memory of a child with a disability by their family […]
Image Description: A close up picture of a yellow strip of measuring tape. Joe was busy measuring the width of my manual chair here at home while we waited for a woman to measure the width of a door in a training centre north of us. This all happened because I was due to attend […]
Image description: The Bell Let’s Tall logo. A smiling face with a comment box over the upper right forehead with the words Bell Let’s Talk beside the logo. January 27th is Bell’s Let’s Talk Day … it’s the perfect day to speak about mental health and people with intellectual disabilities. To help foster, or […]
Image Description: An Oscar statuette I love the movies. Joe and I go to a movie nearly every weekend. I spend time reading up on what’s coming out and, I’ll admit, about the stars and about casting for movies and about controversies that erupt, from time to time, about the script or the approach to […]
