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 […]
Friday June 12, 2015 Keep Moving – Don’t Stop – 2015 Inclusion BC Conference By: Tara Kimberley Torme This year I had the opportunity to attend the 2015 Inclusion BC Conference with the theme of ‘’Keep Moving Don’t Stop’’ thanks to receiving the scholarship from Inclusion BC. Running for three days from […]
The Kamloops Self-Advocate is a newsletter for people with diverse abilities published by Krystian Shaw. June Newsletter 2015 contains Team Work and much more Click here to read the newsletter: June KSA 2015 (1) If you would like to contact the newsletter, you can email thekamloopsselfadvocate@yahoo.com
Rolling Around In My Head doing damns the darkness/ A Blog By Dave Hingsburger Tuesday, June 09, 2015 For those of you who followed it, we had quite a discussion on this blog regarding yesterday’s post. There was a lot of differing opinion and several suggestions, some I liked as ideas, some I could never […]
June 4th, 2015 A range of government, service provider and community groups who are completing the second year of the Community Action Employment Plan (CAEP) are seeing strong progress across B.C. This includes significant shifts in the numbers of youth with developmental disabilities who want to work, increased engagement with businesses, and improved support services […]
CLBC Strategic Plan 2012 – 2016 This strategic plan outlines Community Living British Columbia’s direction until 2016. It was developed in consultation with individuals, families, service providers and other community partners, and is reviewed annually. CLBC is committed to working collaboratively with its many partners and to bringing other community organizations and leaders into the […]
May 13th, 2015 Community Living British Columbia (CLBC) is moving forward with a plan that aims over the next five years to strengthen home share residential services for individuals with developmental disabilities in B.C. Home sharing is currently the most frequently used residential service among those served by CLBC, supporting about 3,500 people in the […]
This story was made during the 2015 Inclusion BC Conference, Keep Moving Don’t Stop.
Barb Goode is one of the first Self Advocates. A Self Advocate is a person who fights for the rights of people that have disabilities. Here, Barb shares an experience of finding community in an otherwise scary place. Barb’s Story from InCommon.TV on Vimeo.
Linda Perry and Jef Moulins share their story of setting up one of the first Microboards in British Columbia. I.F. Works! My Life, My Supports from InCommon.TV on Vimeo.
