I saw them as I rolled down the cut curb into the parking lot. The rain had stopped and lots of people were taking the opportunity to get from the mall to their cars in the brief dry spell. They were full of energy, banging into each other with easy, friendly, affection – although they’d […]
Yesterday we went to see a movie, ‘A Quiet Place’ at a theatre near the hotel we are staying in. The place was old and ill designed. The wheelchair space at the very back, at great distance from a small screen, had no chairs for anyone without their own. The one wheelchair space at the […]
I avoided that corner of the store completely. I’d seen it of course, it was hard not to with them all either raised high or crouching over there, many looking ready to pounce. They weren’t going to get me, that was for damned sure. But as we went round the store with a clerk helping […]
Vancouver Thursday, June 14, 2018 11:15 AM Students with disabilities enrolled at public post-secondary institutions will be given supports to succeed in their studies and train for a range of in-demand careers. Twenty post-secondary institutions will share in $1.5 million in provincial funding announced at Vancouver Community College (VCC), where a pilot program will train […]
June 2018 Dear B.C. Self Advocacy Community and Supporters, We hope you are having a good start to the summer! We are happy to give you the following Community Living BC updates: New CLBC Board Chair – starting July 1 New CLBC Planning Process – starting this fall New CLBC website coming this summer New […]
Attention those with Disabilities this concerns you as well those that are having diabetes 1 and 2 Victoria Tuesday, June 12, 2018 11:15 AM The provincial government is expanding insulin pump coverage, so any British Columbian requiring one to manage […]
Written by Cathy Grant May 2018 As a general rule I really disliked staff meetings. I found them to be more about my staff needs and the gripes with me (worst with each other) than about getting my needs addressed. However, there was this one time that my then manager had other ideas. The basic […]
Prince George Friday, June 8, 2018 7:45 AM Accessing a northern British Columbia playground just got easier for people with disabilities, with the installation of BC Parks’ first universally accessible playground at Purden Lake Provincial Park. “I am delighted by the new opportunities this playground will provide families and citizens of all abilities visiting the […]
There is no explaining how it feels To look forward to an event An accessible event And arrive to find No access, no welcome Then It just becoming A quiet drive home. Then A dawning realization That it continues Without me. Then How unnecessary I am. How is it that isolation is so incredibly well […]
The tires on my new wheelchair are air filled. This is new for me. My old reliable chair, which I’m sitting in now as I type, had solid rubber tires. I was wary of the new tires because I could just picture what a flat would mean, the trouble it would cause, and the idea […]
