By Shannon Lebrun (Abbosford, B.C.) Hi, my name is Shannon, I would love to talk about my trip to Mexico and how it made me as a person with special needs so thankful. On September 22, I woke up at 3 am where my caregiver and her husband and I went to the Vancouver […]
By Barbara Anderson (Nanaimo, B.C.) Hi, I’m Barbara and I’m living with a disability (diversability). I have been living on my own for 10 years and I really enjoy it. Since I moved out on my own I got to meet a lot of people. When I was a baby of six months, my […]
By Sheenagh Morrison (Victoria, B.C.) Members of the diversability community use to call October Community Living Month, now myself and most people call it Community Inclusion Month. I prefer the term Community Inclusion Month more than Community Living Month because to me, we are all living and when I hear the word “Living,” I […]
By Darryl Harand (Kelowna, B.C.) For those who don’t know who I am, I am Darryl Harrand. I’ve been a self-advocate since 1994. I led the local self-advocate group in Kelowna, BC, through Pathways Abilities Society for several years. Today, I want to talk about the rights and responsibilities of a self-advocate. The rights are: […]
By Deepi Leihl (Richmond. B.C) When I first stepped into UBC’s radio station the CiTR, in 2012 and went on a tour. I remember feeling super excited, yet scared at the same time. Let’s rewind, shall we? In September 2001, I went to Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Richmond and took courses that were […]
By Michelle Goolief (Nelson, B.C.) I would like to tell the story of how I met my partner, Shawn. It was 25 years ago, back in 1993. We were both taking the same class at the local college. I liked him when I first saw him. He was kind of nice and a bit of a […]
By Dara Watson (Dawson Creek, B.C.) This was my first first time going on a trip. I went with my boyfriend, David. We went to Courtenay, BC to visit our friends. It was my first time to even fly on a plane! We flew from Fort St John to Courtenay. I was scared and […]
Over the next few months, I’m going to be posting pieces from my essay Common Sense a Disabled Woman’s Perspective. Hopefully people will find them interesting and it will provoke some conversation. Introduction ‘Common Sense ain’t very common.’ I’m convinced whoever said that either had a disability or was close to someone who had […]
By Michelle Goos (Victoria, B.C.) As a parent with a disability that has a daughter that has a disability, you see your child grow and you grow fonder of them. As a parent, you can look through their eyes at a whole new world. You see things differently; you see new things and all things […]
By Sheenagh Morrison (Victoria, B.C.) My mum and I flew to Montreal from Victoria, then to Quebec City. We had about three days in Quebec City; we did a tour of the Old Town to learn the history of the city. It was a very pretty city to see. After the tour, we went to […]
