When I was a kid, I lived on a tree farm and helped my dad a bit. My mom did home school with me and taught me a bit of sign language, living skills, writing and a bit of reading. All my life I always did art and cooking. Sometimes I helped my mom do […]
‘United we stand, divided we fall’. ‘A house divided can not stand’ These are but two of the many sayings regarding the dangers of being divided in the face of opposition. Unfortunately, the wisdom of such sayings is clearly evident when it comes to how people with disabilities are treated within this province. Currently […]
Hello I’m Jennifer Deakin. I live and work in Victoria where I am part of the self advocacy community and CLBC South Island Community Council. I want to tell you about my journey to Inclusive Housing. I felt lucky to be asked to attend the Community Living BC Inclusive Housing Forum last March and to […]
My name is Dimitri and here is my story about the Visions Conference in Port Coquitlam. Held on Saturday Nov 5, the Visions conference had over 120 people gather. Parents and youth came together to learn about transition. Topics included self-determination, jobs, and community connection. I emcee’d the morning welcome. I told everyone one about […]
Hello My name is Gerry Juzenas and I am proud to say that I am a Self Advocate. I have been involved with the self-advocate movement for over 40 years!! Boy have I seen changes. The first organization that I become involved with was called Burnaby Peoples First in 1975. In 1989 I also become […]
By Taiha Salvador Recently I went to visit my family and it reminded me how much it means to have a family that loves me. Despite my occasional meltdowns, they still want to talk to me and be with me. Last week I went to visit my family in Castlegar BC. For those who don’t […]
Bryce Schaufelberger Founder and President of Mission Self Advocacy Group and Selfadvocatenet.com founder and manager was interviewed on Spill Ur Beanz show that is from Abbotsford B.C. did share his inspiring story The broadcast of the show is on National T.V. on Joy TV on Saturdays at 3pm Check out the Spill Ur […]
The Kamloops Self-Advocates is a newsletter for people with diverse abilities published by Krystian Shaw. November 2016 Edition KSA Newsletter contains This month’s theme Welcome to November everyone! November brings us Remembrance Day on November 11th. Remembrance Day is important because we remember all the soldiers. Canada is a beautiful country to live in […]
By Jerry Laidlaw My name is Jerry Laidlaw. This is a story about my Ride to Conquer Cancer. On August 27th, I arrived at 5:30 in the morning to meet my team in Cloverdale. The organizers had breakfast for us. The opening ceremonies started at 7AM. We left after the speakers and started […]
Hi my name is Bailey Kendell Foulds I am 22 years old . After high school I came to the Garth Homer Society. I started in the Discovery program. I had so much fun at Discovery I already knew someone and I also met so many friends and the staff in Discovery are so nice […]
