Image Description: A day planner opened witht eh word Wedding on the Friday date, above the word are two wedding rings. I received an email yesterday from a young man with Down Syndrome asking me a question about relationships and sexuality. He said in his email that he had been in an abuse prevention class […]
Image Description: A drawing of Sherlock Holmes in traditional garb with a pipe Last Friday I was in a bit of a state. The restrictions imposed upon me by the break down of my power chair were very keenly felt that day. Gone was the gratitude I had for having a mobility option in […]
Image Description: A photograph of Joe, in a white shirt, and Gavin, in a plaid shirt, sitting in a restaurant with Joe’s arm over Gavin’s shoulder and his hand resting on Gavin’s shoulder. During the time of the plague, we watched friend after friend disappear. There were so many holes in the fabric of our […]
Image Description: A pathway through a park with a wheelchair being pushed along it. Only the hand pushing and the wheels are pictured. There were three of us on the bus. All of us were in manual wheelchairs. Two, picked up at different spots and meeting for the first time, were both going for physiotherapy […]
Image description: A wall full of wheelchairs and walkers in a warehouse. I rolled into a huge warehouse where there were wheelchairs and walkers and scooters, not only that there were tub chairs and toilet adaptions and crutches. Most of what I saw was in bits and pieces, with people studiously putting them together or […]
Image description: A white charicature of a person is holding a magnifying glass that is larger than it is. This morning I go to the shop to ride around in my wheelchair so that they can see what is wrong with my chair. It’s a busy day for me and the stop at the shop […]
Image description: in red captial letters “R-WORD NOT WELCOMED HERE” on pavement. Dear Sir, What it did to me when you used the R-word today you made your bigotry my problem. And I resent that. The fact that you were providing service to me, a disabled man, and in the course of that service, in […]
My first work experience at Value Village was when I was still in high school at D.W. Poppy. I would only work a few hours in the afternoon ragging off (taking clothes that weren’t selling off the sales floor) , Letting people into the washroom and answer questions as best as I could. After graduating […]
The Kamloops Self-Advocate is a newsletter for people with diverse abilities published by Krystian Shaw. January edition Newsletter 2016 contains This month’s newsletter is about the New Year and goal setting. Hope you enjoy the sweet potato chips recipe and the New Year’s jokes that will tickle your funny bone! Lisa’s […]
January 7th, 2016 Every year as part of our commitment to continuous quality improvement, Community Living BC conducts an Annual Service Satisfaction Survey by telephone with a randomly selected group of self advocates and family members from across the province. The results from this survey help inform us about areas of service delivery that may […]
