November 10-12th marked the 18th annual Self Advocacy Leadership Institute held in the Fraser Valley. 35 Self advocate leaders were asked what work still needs to be done to make the world more inclusive and accessible for people with diverse abilities. This is what they said: Social justice for all! No more bullying. Zero tolerance […]
Hi my name is Brittany Merry and I am from Grand Forks BC. My Self-advocate group got an idea about how to celebrate Disability Pride in our community. Our idea was to create an event to show the community the talents and strengths of individuals with a disability and to take pride in what we […]
By Adam Schatz Hello, my name is Adam Thomas Schatz and I am 31 years old. I live in Aldergrove BC with my caregiver, Sue. I currently have 2 jobs. I work Mondays at Home Hardware, where I unload the big rig, stock the shelves and help customers find what they are looking for. […]
By: Hannah Toman Hello! My name is Hannah Toman and I am 24 years old. I live in Aldergrove, BC with my 2 sisters, 1 brother and my caregiver. I was born in Squamish and my nationality is First Nations. I got a part-time job at A&W approximately 6 years ago when I […]
By: Mike Long I’m Mike and I’m almost 27 years old. In June 2018 I’m going to Romania for 2 weeks with 12 people (participants, staff and parents) from my day program Pathways. 7 years ago, a staff member from our program came back from volunteering in Romania. It created a connection with a […]
Dear Minister Simpson Hello and greetings. I know that you’re busy with running a very complex and diverse ministry, and I know that you have plenty of experts giving you advice on how to change (and hopefully improve) services. As a long-term receiver of these services I believe that I too am […]
By Krystian Shaw In the States, they have a DVD out called “Be safe the movie”. It is a training DVD that teaches police and those with all kinds of disabilities to work together. Many people are alarmed by how many developmentally delayed people have been mishandled by police, mostly in the States, […]
By Tom Hanna I got my first job in 1999 in Quesnel. I worked there till 2004. I worked for a company called Quesnel Day Program. I collected paper and other recyclables from various businesses and disposed of it for them. I enjoyed working with most of my coworkers because we got along really well. […]
I’m passionate around disabilities and self care. My goal is to motivate and be a inspiration to others to achieve in what they value. My belief is no voice is to big or small to be heard.
Here we are selfadvocate.ca asked a friend of ours about “self advocacy movement” what going in movement around world that self advocacy movement can learn from this person is Arron Johannes he been in field with disabilities and what his finding are for the project he attended in world find out what needs change in […]
