By Cheryl Fryfield (Self Advocate) In the past 5 years now I have done two PATHs. PATH is about person centered planning. It doesn’t have to be for just people with diversabilities. It can be for anyone. In a PATH meeting there will be important people there that you have invited. There is a facilitator […]
Imagine being given the opportunity to meet major sports stars. Well, I have been lucky enough to have met two of my personal sports heroes, Wayne Gretzky and Pat Quinn. Through the Canadian National Institute for the Blind I was offered the chance to meet Wayne Gretzky, or as well know him, The Great One. […]
By: Krystian Shaw Unified Sports joins people with and without intellectual disabilities on the same team. It was inspired by a simple principle: training together and playing together is a quick path to friendship and understanding. In Unified Sports, teams are made up of people of similar age and ability, which makes practices more fun […]
By Cheryl Fryfield I would like to talk about online safety dating tips for a person with a diversability. My experiences being online have been both good and bad. I’ve made mistakes along the way but have learned from them. When you are meeting people online, or anywhere else, don’t give out your phone number […]
The Next Chapter Book Club has been very busy since I wrote the first article. We now have three new members who have joined the original five members. We finished our second book “The London Eye Mystery” by Siobhan Dowd. We had Vancouver Public Librarian, Dana Horrocks, come to the group and help us […]
Riia is an artist and activist who expresses herself thru her painting and live public speaking. Who is Riia Talve? Riia Lane Talve Riia was born at B.C. Children’s Hospital in 1985. She spent the first seven months of her life in the special care nursery. She began drawing at an early age and […]
Krystian Shaw is a self advocate who lives in Kamloops, BC and is on the Editorial Board at CLBC in Vancouver. Here he shares his thoughts on Mother’s Day and how his mother has been an amazing support throughout his life. This 2014 Mother’s Day was fantastic. It was a nice reflection on what my mom […]
What if we closed down all the local programs for a day, gathered self advocates in a room and got them to share stories of where they are welcomed, where they are encouraged to share their gifts and with whom? Thanks to a grant from BC Ideas, self advocate Ted Decker’s suggestion came to […]
