Category Archives: 2013 Archives

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YOU CAN GET THERE FROM HERE!

YOU CAN GET THERE FROM HERE! There are very few maps to help us make our journeys of the heart. It is not a journey we make alone, for we need good friends to tell us when we have taken a wrong turn, and put us on the right road again. We have to remember […]

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Self Advocacy and what it means to be me

This was one of the first times people with intellectual disabilities at LiveWorkPlay talked publicly about self-advocacy. The occasion was the United Nations International Day of Disabled Persons 2005. A great early effort!  

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Self Advocacy and me

A short film about the self-advocacy civil rights movement, starring people with intellectual disabilities. Part of a series that includes ODSP & ME, also available on YouTube.

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Video About Self-Advocacy

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During a thunderstorm

The 30/30 rule is good way of knowing when you’re in danger. Count the seconds between seeing the lightning and hearing the thunder. If this time is 30 seconds or less then the lightning is close enough to be a threat. Seek shelter immediately. After seeing the last lightning flash, wait 30 minutes before leaving […]

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Minister’s Visit to HOME Society

On September 30, 2013, Minister of Social Development and Social Innovation Don McRae visited HOME Society, and we had a chance to talk to him about Self Advocate Net and the many updates we’re making to the site. Here’s a great photo from the event and you can click here to see a full gallery. […]

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IM DOING A REPORT AND IT HAS TO DO W/THE OLYMPICS

Dear Jill, IM DOING A REPORT AND IT HAS TO DO W/THE OLYMPICS AND IN NOT INTO THAT PUT THEN I REMEMBERED ABOUT HEARING ABOUT THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS. SO WHAT IM WONDERING ISIF YOU COULD SEND ME SOME INFO. ABOUT THEM LIKE WHAT HAPPENS AND HOW YHEY ARE DIFF. FROM THE OTHER OLYMPICS.MY EMAIL IS […]

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If im at the right place please answer a question for me

Dear Jill, if im at the right place please answer a question for me? were do i find info on kids with disabilitys learning to work at super markets and stuff? Jills response, it’s a program called the EPIC program..and it’s where go out in the community working,here’s an email if u wanna get in […]

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Hello my name is Maria and I live in Portland, Oregon

Dear Jill, Hello my name is Maria and I live in Portland, Oregon. I have a 23 year old daughter that has sever Cerebal Palsey. I have been fighting to receive Relative Foster Home since she turned 18 years old.My daughter’s social worker wont help us.I dont know where to go and I was wondering […]

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I hear the goverment has a Report

Dear Jill, I hear the goverment has a Report that will be public tomrrow that says the goverment was wrong to put people away at Woodlands instution and that they are sorry they were abused when they lived there. they might give them some money or something to say sorry to the people who servived […]

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