Category Archives: Our Stories

Our Stories

It’s Ok To Be Afraid

It’s Ok To Be Afraid Patrick Porter My name is Patrick. I am a self-advocate in Nanaimo. I grew up in a big family with 7 siblings. My parents loved and supported me. Even though they treated me the same as my brothers and sisters I felt different. After my parents passed away, I didn’t […]

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My First Job at FYidoctors

My name is Cyrus Bahador. I joined Solutions Employment at Delta Community Living Society in September 2018. I had my first job experience at FYidoctors in April 2019 as warehouse assistant. I was very impressed by the technology of making a good pair of prescription glasses. I couldn’t wait to be hired and am an […]

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20th Anniversary Self Advocacy Leadership Retreat, Mission BC

November 2nd, 2019 What does Accessibility mean? Advice for Accessibility Legislation Accessibility is about being treated with dignity and respect.  People with diverse abilities are often bullied and made fun of when we go out to do the same things as everyone else.  We want access to employment, to make our own money, and to […]

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My dream trip

By Sheenagh Morrison   Hi my name is Sheenagh, let me tell you about my dream trip. My late dad, when he passed, had a wish that the money he left me was for travel. On August 18, 2019 my mom and I went to the United Kingdom. I started planning my trip about 5 […]

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Happy Halloween to All for Fall 2019!!

Article written by Artist Jeff Stackhouse Happy Fall one and all! I hope everyone is enjoying watching the leaves turn into such beautiful colors and have been having fun deciding what costume to wear for Halloween night. If you need ideas on what to do this Halloween you have come to the right place. Everything […]

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Independence

Written By Crystal Bermel What Is Independence? To me it is a feeling and an experience. To some independence means moving miles and miles away from one’s family. Or it means to live without help from others. To some it means just that smidge of independence when your parents leave you alone for an extended […]

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Shannon Labrun Story on managing a Self-advocate Booth at the Inclusion BC Conference

Written by Shannon LeBrun Bryce Schaufelberger is the manager of www.selfadvocatenet.com and he asked me if I could help out at the self-advocate booth at the Inclusion BC Conference in Victoria last June. The website has so much information and is updated daily with new information and Bryce is very knowledgeable! I learned so much […]

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Wheelchair Rugby

Murder Ball is a game that’s one of the only contact sports for people with divers-abilities. But they couldn’t market or get sponsorship’s for murder ball. So they ended up changing the name to wheelchair rugby. It’s meant as a quad sport, because they are more limited than paras are. Like them, I was always […]

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My Trip to Toronto

Each year, the National Campus and Community Radio Association (NCRA for short) presents the National Community Radio Conference across Canada and this year it was at Ryerson University in Toronto! When I found out it was going to be there, I immediately applied to go as a member of CiTR, the campus radio station at […]

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What independence means to me

by Carrie Derickson I come from a small town called West Bank First Nation. Growing up I remember a lot of issues between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities. Sometimes I refer to my home community as Neverland, like in Peter Pan. I left my community when I was 25. I wanted to make my own future […]

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