Daryl is a talented artist who actively participates in posAbilities yearly Art Show, celebrating his aboriginal heritage through his artwork. When starting employment classes at Vancouver Employment Service a year ago Daryl quickly shared three things: 1. He loved to draw; 2. He was non-verbal; 3: he wanted to work. So in exploring job […]
The Kamloops Self-Advocate is a newsletter for people with diverse abilities published by Krystian Shaw. The May/June 2014 edition of The Kamloops Self-Advocate is all about employment, and features interviews, upcoming events, word games, and much more! Click here to download the May/June 2014 edition of the Kamloops Self Advocate Newsletter. If you would like to […]
Sheenagh Morrison is a self advocate from Victoria. Recently she sat in on the BC Legislative Assembly Question Period – a time during the daily legislative proceedings when the opposition parties hold the Government responsible for its actions. She then sat down with Carole James, NDP MLA of Victoria-Beacon Hill. She writes about her experience below: […]
Anastasia is a young woman with both visual and hearing challenges who works part time at Cowell Motors in Richmond as an administrative assistant. Finding a job has been a life changing experience and has opened up opportunities for new connections, as well as increasing her confidence and independence. Anastasia emigrated with her family […]
“One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized, and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.” – Michael J. Fox, Actor from Burnaby, British Columbia who has Parkinson’s disease. It was not that long ago when people labeled with a developmental disability had to surrender their rights and have all decisions […]
Autism spectrum disorder is a condition that many people around the world are still working to understand – especially because there is a wide variation in the way that it affects different people. The impact on the families of those individuals with ASD is even more widespread – and recently the Autism and Developmental […]
Self Advocates are taking centre stage in so many ways, including Gladys Duran, Barb Goode and Ryan Groth, the entrepreneurial trio behind the ESATTA Co-op (Empowering Self Advocates to Take Action). The ESATTA Co-op was created in 2010 when the group decided to use their own life experiences and skills and use them to […]
Leadership Institute “STRESS REDUCTION, RELAXATION, AND AROMATHERAPY” This information comes from one of our workshops at the Leadership Institute presented by our good friend Joanne Proctor from the HOMES Society. We first talked about what we knew already about reducing our stress. Our list included: Use calm voices Turn lights off so there is less […]
Shelley DeCoste works as a Self Advocate Liaison for Pathways in Kelowna, and is passionate about promoting ‘diversabilities.’ Below she shares her thoughts on public speaking engagements and sharing her ideas with groups across BC. It is important for my community to see that I am contributing. I might need a little extra help or time but […]
by Michelle Goos I am a mother who has disabilities and I have a 15 year old daughter who has disabilities too. I enjoy being a mom, watching my daughter grow up and see and learn new things and make mistakes too. It has been a long road of up and down. But we […]
