So last month I checked out an accessible apartment that I could have moved into if it met with my approval: it didn’t. While it was accessible and the property manager was willing to make more so, the issues that made it inappropriate for me went far beyond that single issue. This entire experience got […]
Instant validation. Sudden connection. Aloneness disappears. So much can happen, in an instant, when disabled people and their allies share stories. When we got off the plane, I handed Joe the cushion, which we’d carried on board and he put it in place. Beside him was a woman who was industriously and efficiently reassembling the […]
OK so I flew off the handle. I haven’t gotten so pissed off so quickly in such a long time. I was asking someone about the disabled parking to see if we were in the right part of the parking lot, the part that belonged to their business, and if not, what did we miss. […]
It was late when we checked into the hotel. We ran into a lot of delays and I’m delighted to say that none of them were disability related, we simply shared the frustrations of the crowds. That may sound odd but sometimes I’m glad that its not about me, my chair or what I’m able […]
We travel today. That means, hotels and rental cars airports and long flights. That also means a long litany of worries and stresses that come, not from travel, but from being a disabled traveler. There is so much trust involved. That the car will be the kind of car we ordered, not an upgrade, not […]
A nine year old boy came out to his mother. She loved him anyway. A nine year old boy comes out at school. They tease him brutally. For four days. Horribly hurt and frightened, he kills himself. This just happened. *** We went to see a play, a musical, wherein in an opening scene the […]
Click here for French press release. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 4, 2018 TORONTO – The Canadian Association for Community Living (CACL) and the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) strongly call on the federal government to strengthen the monitoring system for medical assistance in dying (MAiD). As they stand, the just-published MAiD regulations to come into […]
The Kamloops Self-Advocates is a newsletter for people with diverse abilities published by Krystian Shaw. September,2018 Edition KSA Newsletter 2018 contains in This month’s theme The Kamloops Self-Advocate Newsletter is celebrating its 5th Anniversary! It is quite an accomplishment. At a time when media is struggling, the KSA is continuing to thrive and grow. […]
Selfadvocatenet.com in support of the International Overdose Awareness Day August 31st Purpose of this awareness is help out our self advocates with disabilities in the awareness of bad things of overdosing on drugs other substances stop overdosing on. The intent is link what being talked about why the purpose of the day is August […]
Date Night 3 I was pushing up the ramp at the front of the hotel when one of the valets noticed me and headed towards me. Seconds after he launched himself in my direction he was saying, “I’ll help you there sir.” I said “No” and the perpetual conversation started he didn’t mind, I did. […]
