Rights make your voice heard loud and clear! It is not considered offensive to speak up for yourself especially when someone hurts you badly. Making your voice loud and clear does not mean you shout out profanity, it means you do your share of stopping the danger zone you have been put into. Your voice […]
A few weeks ago I was asked by the Cerebral Palsy Association to come and give a short talk about goal setting, specifically in how setting goals related to finding work. Initially I was taken aback; I’m good at many things but I’m hardly a poster child for finding a regular job. Still wanting to […]
I have friends from all walks of life, if we were all the same life would get boring for me. I “Don’t judge people” “They are who They are” I think. There are different types of friendships. One set of friendships, are your lifelong friends from school. Like for 30 or 40 years or so. […]
By Barb Goode Burnaby Neighbourhood house’s Seniors Ambassador program creates connection for isolated seniors. An Ambassador is a volunteer senior who lives in the Burnaby community and who is interested in supporting other seniors. Ambassadors are expected to first learn and then share information with seniors. I am one of the newest Seniors Ambassadors and […]
The Kamloops Self-Advocates is a newsletter for people with diverse abilities published by Krystian Shaw. June 2016 edition KSA Newsletter 2016 contains This month’s theme Hope those of you that come to Fun Fest enjoy the event and the Disability Awareness Week booth! Feel free to send in comments or pictures […]
“We’re In This Together” BC People First Society Conference and AGM May 4 and 5th 2016 at the Coast Westerly Convention Centre Courtenay, BC, Vancouver Island -So what happened at Conference? – BCPF Board of Directors present at Conference (front back left to right) Michelle Goos, Michael Mclellan, Jerry Laidlaw, Dave Sherritt, […]
Let’s talk about friends, and I mean best friends. I mean the kind of friends you can count on. Most people have known them forever, or for at least 5-10 years, and they will do almost anything together. You can talk to them when you’re having a bad day, or just to chill out, but […]
In my early years I had so many difficulties making friends. I was such a loner when I went to school. I was called so many names in the book and my self esteem was low to the ground. In these early years I was going through many surgeries for my ears and also doing […]
Author’s Note This particular column is a little different than my others. It was originally my entry into the 2015 Canada Writes contest, but I didn’t win. However, my test readers thought it was pretty good so I decided not to let good writing go to waste and publish it. Originally this essay was my […]
My name is Laura Clement and I was so happy to have a job. I used to work at Bruce’s Groceries a long time ago and I had transit back then because there was a bus. Where I live now there is bad bus service and I cannot always get to and from work on […]
