This Story is on BC Disability website report from Spencer Van Vloten is editor for written this Michael McLellan’s passion is self-advocacy (photo: Inclusion BC) By Spencer van Vloten BC Disability August 27th, 2021 Co-founder of the Self Advocate Leadership Network (SALN), Nanaimo’s Michael McLellan is one of BC’s most prominent self-advocates, spending […]
Written by Noel Anderson I was getting community support and one of the people in the group got tested positive for COVID-19. Island Health called the manager and said, “Anyone within 5 feet of the person had to get tested.” I had been close to this person. In the meantime – oh no, self-isolation! I […]
By Mike Gauthier If you want something in your life, put your mind to it and go for it. You can accomplish it. I am sitting around with my brothers, hearing stories about fighting wildfires. Hey! This could be the way to fill my dreams of riding a helicopter, being on a fire line. I […]
Written by Natalie Raven Hi, I’m Natalie, I live in the Chorus Apartments and I am a part of the Self-Advocates of Semiahmoo and the Community Development POD at Semiahmoo House. This last year, has been a little bit weird and stressful, but it’s not all bad. It is important to remember the good things […]
Hi, my name is Stacey Kohler, and I am proud to be a landscaper. Landscaping is working with equipment outside in all-weather seasons. The tools I use are tongs to pick up garbage, a rake to move leaves and clippers to trim prickle bushes; I got trained to work with the clippers. My daily work […]
Written by Stacy Kohler Hi! My name is Stacey. I did the Run Surrey Run for 5km at the Chickadee Loop in June. I ran with my friend and beat her! It is important to me to be active and keep exercising. It helps me stay happy and healthy during covid times. I can say […]
Written by Jodi Shanoss Hi my name is Jodi. I am a Gitxsan woman originally from Kispiox. Previous to Covid I only had two children. A nine year old and a three year old. Life can be hard living on PWD and making ends meet when you have kids. But my kids are the most important thing […]
By Bronte Malli I really miss doing a lot of things that I used to do before this all happened, (e.g. fun activities like dances, parties, hanging out with friends and family, etc). At least I still get to do some fun things during this time, such as: Zumba, drama and music at the Farm […]
The Kamloops Self-Advocates is a newsletter for people with diverse abilities published by Krystian Shaw. July Edition of KSA Newsletter 2021 contains in When we first planned the July newsletter many months ago, we were going to focus on Disability Pride Month and Canada Day. Since then, we have come to learn […]
By Akshay Sachdeva I started looking for a job three years ago. It was just in me to want to do what everyone else does. What my friends and the other people I went to high school with do. What normal people do. But I’ve had to put my job search on hold. Unfortunately, […]
