Author Archives: Bryce Schaufelburger

BC People First of BC Photo Contest

By Bryce Schaufelburger | Published: April 5, 2020

We know isolating at home for long periods of time can be hard so we want to celebrate everyone who is being safe and staying at home right now during this pandemic. It is important to stay connected during these times of uncertainty and we want to hear what you are doing to have fun […]

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Shelley’s story on the BC Forum on Poverty Reduction.

By Bryce Schaufelburger | Published: April 4, 2020

Hi! It’s Shelley DeCoste from the Diverse Ability campaign!! I’m writing to tell you about an amazing opportunity I have been given to represent the BC Self Advocacy community to help reduce poverty for people with diverse abilities.I was nominated by Inclusion BC to sit on the BC Provincial task force for poverty reduction.  I […]

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Julie Carlson Vlog Health Update and Praise Report Sept 2016

By Bryce Schaufelburger | Published: April 4, 2020

   Share with me in my excitement as my health significantly improves and God continues to write my testimony

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My Baby is Not a Baby Anymore

By Bryce Schaufelburger | Published: April 4, 2020

  By Michelle Goos   My baby is not a baby anymore and is almost grown up. She just graduated from college this past week. She will be busy since she works three days a week at a private school in the kitchen helping with cleanup and etc. She is also in Special Olympics this […]

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Let Go, Let Her Have Her Life

By Bryce Schaufelburger | Published: April 4, 2020

By Michelle Goos (Victoria, B.C.) As a parent with a disability that has a daughter that has a disability, you see your child grow and you grow fonder of them. As a parent, you can look through their eyes at a whole new world. You see things differently; you see new things and all things […]

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Mission Self-Advocacy Group

By Bryce Schaufelburger | Published: April 3, 2020

Without us, It Doesn’t Work         The Mission Self Advocacy Group believes that all people can contribute in meaningful ways to their communities.   And Mission, nestled on a a southern coastal mountain slope, overlooking the lush valley of the mighty Fraser River, is home to a population of 38,000 residents.   […]

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Kamloops Speaking Up Self-Advocacy Awareness Group!

By Bryce Schaufelburger | Published: April 3, 2020

  Hello! We are the Kamloops Speaking Up Self-Advocacy Awareness (SUSA) Group.   Our group is focused on: being a team, to encourage, support, and stand up for each other; to have a voice and take charge of our lives to achieve our goals and dreams; to be understood in all aspects of our lives […]

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THE CHILLIWACK PEOPLE FIRST GROUP

By Bryce Schaufelburger | Published: April 3, 2020

The Chilliwack People First group is a group for self advocates to get together, share our stories and experiences, stay informed and support one another. We are friends who help each other. The group started in 1992 when Mike and Connie Newton got together with Julie Flumerfelt as an advisor and started inviting others to […]

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Sooke Self Advocacy Group

By Bryce Schaufelburger | Published: April 3, 2020

  Robyn Appleton was a member of People First in Mission before moving out to the island. She has been living in Sooke, on Vancouver Island, for about five years now and misses the activities she participated in when she was in People First. To this end she has decided to set up a Self […]

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Revelstoke Self Advocacy Group

By Bryce Schaufelburger | Published: April 3, 2020

A bit about ourselves………. Our group was started in 2014 when Robert Tippe (founder) was looking into whether Revelstoke had a group running at that time. Rob found that there had been a group but due to staffing/volunteer changes the group fell between the cracks and wasn’t continued. Living with a disability he understood the […]

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