By Michelle McDonald In 2001 I was having a bad time. The buses were on strike and I couldn’t go to my volunteer job at the Transplant Society. My grandma was in hospital and I couldn’t go to see her on my own. Most taxi drivers were not very helpful to me. I had broken […]
By Krystian Shaw My mom and I and my support worker have been advocating for better laws in Canada. We have been advocating for better trained law enforcement, medical staff, health authorities, and non profit housing providers and landlords. My worker from the disability field who provides me assistance says things could […]
By: Sheenagh Morrison I would love to tell everyone about my friend, Amy. Amy is a Newfoundland dog therapy dog. Amy is a registered therapy dog with Pacific Animal therapy Services. There is a difference between a service dog and a therapy dog. Services dogs help you if you are visually […]
The Kamloops Self-Advocates is a newsletter for people with diverse abilities published by Krystian Shaw. March 2017 Edition KSA Newsletter 2017 contains in This month’s theme This month’s issue is full of interesting and different stories, looking at everything from St. Patrick’s Day, to Epilepsy Awareness, to health care, to the Social Innovation Youth […]
By Cathy Grant ‘Well how have you been coping with all of the snow?’ At least in the lower mainland that has been the ongoing topic of conversation for everyone over the past two months. I know people who live in the lower mainland often don’t get much sympathy from the rest of the country […]
Self-advocate, Lynn McGuire talks about her computer cleaning business. She shares why she likes having a business and how she gets her clients. Lynn and Emilie are the Bright Bytes Computer Maids. They will thoroughly clean your computer: Keyboard Mouse Screen Desk under computer Top and side of tower when accessible Headset […]
By: Sue McGinness Hello my name is Sue and I live in Victoria, BC. I work as a dishwasher at the restaurant at the Bay department store. Today, I would like to tell you about how I got involved in Special Olympics. First let me tell you about how it works. There are 4 […]
By: Krystian Shaw, Kamloops BC. The year 2017 is an exciting year for me as a self advocate already! This month I received the social Innovation youth award for those under 30 who have created social change in their community. Here is the press release https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2017SDSI0016-000267 My work partner, Lisa, and I have started an […]
The Kamloops Self-Advocates is a newsletter for people with diverse abilities published by Krystian Shaw. February 2017 Edition KSA Newsletter 2017 contains in This month’s theme This month’s issue is about love with friends, family, and couples. No matter what our abilities and diagnoses, we can be in love and have compassion, kindness […]
By Sheenagh Morrison I’ve travelled to New Zealand over 10 times because I have family down there. Family is very important to me. So is travelling! It is 14 hours on the plane from Vancouver direct to Auckland. This trip I had a two hour layover in Vancouver. I love traveling because I see my […]
