The Kamloops Self-Advocates is a newsletter for people with diverse abilities published by Krystian Shaw. October 2016 Edition KSA Newsletter 2016 contains This month’s theme Welcome to October everyone. It’s community living month and it’s Halloween too. There is a lot to celebrate in October, like being out and about in community. It […]
Creating Leadership Programs in My Community By Conrad Tyrkin People like me are transitioning at age 25 from different leadership programs. I am trying to make a new program similar to Simon Fraser Society’s youth leadership council and summer program. I like talking about issues that matter to youth. We have learned about how to […]
This column is dedicated to Lorraine Dunlop another gentle soul who had left selfadvocate.ca hopefully for bigger and brighter things. In 2000 I moved to yet another service provider and a hole new part of the city. My goal was to find a situation where I had a core group people in my life that […]
by Sheenagh Morrison On September 1st all the changes with the bus pass and Persons with Disabilities (PWD) assistance took place. If you said “yes” to keep your bus pass then you get an extra $25 a month on your monthly PWD assistance. If you decided to give up your bus pass, you get $77 […]
by Jeff Stackhouse The Summer of 2016 is officially wrapping up but it sure was great. The PNE, Abbotsford Agrifair and Airshow, Langley Cruise-In and “Expo ’86: An Unofficial History” all helped create one of the most memorable summers of all-time. Just weeks ago I went to the PNE in Vancouver and it was amazing. […]
Hi! My name is Shea Velestuk. When I was a baby I was floppy and low muscle toned and then I got tested for this rare condition PWS – Prader Willi Syndrome, and it came back negative. When I moved to Mission, British Columbia I was overweight and we didn’t know why, so we went […]
Cheyenne has now graduated and we are hoping that she can find employment. This summer Cheyenne went to her first Summer Games in Abbotsford there she did five races in swimming and she came back with a bronze medal! She had fun there making friends and watching other races. Over the summer Cheyenne has also […]
This past June I applied for a City of Coquitlam Access One card pass. You pay $10 a year and it’s sooooo worth it! You get free drop ins unlimited and two free classes a year. I’ve been working out in the gym three times a week and Aquafit twice a week. I started as […]
Share with me in my excitement as my health significantly improves and God continues to write my testimony
My name is Lidia White. I live in Victoria BC. I have been doing a lot of thinking about how I would like support services to look like for people with disabilities. I imagine support being about making community a place that people with disabilities can learn, make friends, gain confidence and have fun. When […]
