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 […]
By: Conrad Tyrkin and Michael McLellan. The BC People First Society (BCPF for short) is a Non-Profit Provincial organization that is part of a larger national movement. There are now People First groups all over the world! We work to make sure that people with a developmental disability are respected and included in […]
By: Kelsey Kubota Everyone has struggles; let’s face it from personal struggles to businesses and professions. Being an over-comer isn’t just a lifestyle, it’s also a mindset that constantly needs to be maintained and challenged. Resilience is important because there is always a struggle of some sort needed to over come. According the Marriam-Webster […]
Hello, my name is Shannon Lebrun. This is a story about how much I appreciate the support I get from HOME Society https://homesociety.com/ HOME Society took me in December 2004 and they have been there when I needed them ever since. They have stood by me when I was in the hospital and they […]
