March 13, 2014 by Vani Jain The slogan “nothing about us without us” is a message that gained early prominence in disability activism in the 1990s and has since been used as a rallying cry across many different disciplines. The core is the same: any decisions about a particular group (such as people living with […]
by Gail Johnson on Mar 18, 2014 at 3:10 pm Able-bodied folks rarely sweat the small stuff. Making dinner, grocery shopping, and having a shower are the kinds of daily tasks that are easily taken for granted when you have no trouble doing them. Add to that list household chores like vacuuming, dusting, scrubbing bathtubs, […]
by Tom Fletcher – BC Local News posted Mar 17, 2014 at 9:00 AM Retired London Drugs CEO Wynne Powell speaks at the B.C. legislature with a sign-language interpreter: ‘This is not out of the ordinary. This is how we should operate as a society.’ — image credit: Tom Fletcher/Black Press Of the thousands of comments […]
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A company that discriminated against an intellectually disabled Ontario woman did so with the consent of her parents and likely the complicity of the government, a human rights tribunal has found. Christie Blatchford Published: March 12, 2014, 8:03 pm Updated: 4 days ago The case made headlines this week, and appeared […]
Money MakeoverBy: Joel Schlesinger Posted: 03/15/2014 1:00 AM | Carry and Drew have a lot of things they would like to accomplish in the next decade and a half. The problem is they only have so much money to go around. “We need to be able to budget our money so we can save to […]
Mother says multiple reports from community members of ‘verbally cruel behaviour’ from his aide Allison Bench 3/14/2014 A Kitimat mother has pulled her 14-year old autistic son out of Mount Elizabeth Secondary school because of what she calls ‘verbally cruel behaviour’ from his aide. “I’ve been getting a lot of negative feedback […]
By Darryl Walker, Special to the Vancouver Sun March 13, 2014 For over a decade, front-line services helping the most vulnerable British Columbians — adults with developmental disabilities, youths-at-risk, women fleeing violence — have been subject to funding cutbacks. This year, we are finally turning a corner thanks to the power of collective bargaining. Virtually […]
Posted: 03/06/2014 1:46 pm EST Updated: 03/06/2014 1:59 pm EST There are a lot of challenges that come with being disabled. We all have our ups and downs. And it may seem like because I have the extra burden of experiencing a disability like FSHD Muscular Dystrophy, it would be a challenge too daunting […]
By Tom Hillen Updated: Wednesday, March 5, 2014, 11:12 pm Published: Wednesday, March 5, 2014, 3:10 pm LANSING, Mich. (WOOD/AP) — The terms “mental retardation” and “mentally retarded” will be removed from state laws under legislation that has unanimously passed the state Senate and House. The bills passed Wednesday incorporate a recent recommendation from a […]
