Image Description: a blue glove with a different feeling face on each of the finger tips and thumb. I felt what I felt but I didn’t know if I should have felt what I felt but, nevertheless, I felt it anyways. Part of me knew that feeling the way I was feeling […]
Watch as Julie Carlson shares her thoughts on what inclusion means to her. Julie has recently become one of our new columnists on SAN, see her full column Don’t Dis My Ability here.
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Image description: The blue wheelchair symbol with a red question mark over the head and with the words ‘are you serious?’ underneath in black A number of people have asked me to update the status of my powerchair. I’ve been avoiding doing it because it’s all just so difficult. But here goes … After the […]
Image Description: A photograph of a disabled child on wheels in an R2 D2 Costume Star Wars – The Force Awakens is playing in theatres that I no longer have easy access to, what with my power chair being in for repair. The theatre closest to me isn’t playing it, the only other on I […]
Image Description: Joe sitting at a food court table that has been designated as accessible by the blue wheelchair symbol. Joe, who gets handsomer by the day, is pointing at the symbol. My power wheelchair was picked up for repair this afternoon. I stayed at home to ensure that whoever picked it up heard directly […]
Image Description: A closeup of a computer keyboard with black buttons on a grey background, the key above the ‘shift’ button is red with white letters reading ‘Sorry’ I was in the small pharmacy across the way, doing some shopping and picking up some medications. The scooter I am using does not have the […]
I was involved in the planning of celebrations for the December 3rd International Day of Persons with Disabilities. I started planning the event in October with the help of South Island Community Council. We had a panel of people involved in the planning with myself, a police officer from Saanich, Doug Tenant from Recreation Integration […]
Image description: A notepad with ‘Let’s begin by taking a smallish nap or two …” by Winnie the Pooh written on it. Monday, January 04, 2016 It’s going to be hard setting the alarm tonight. For the first time in over two decades, Joe and I took some significant time off during the holidays. We […]
Image description: A cartoon showing a variety of different ways of unplugging a toilet without a plunger. I just heard the toilet flush. What a beautiful sound! Our toilet stopped working yesterday. It was immune to plungers, prayers and pleading. I searched the web to find ways to unplug it. We used the sham-poo and […]
