Category Archives: Kamloops Self Advocate Newsletter

The Wellness Toolbox

The Wellness Tool Box by Kristian Shaw Kristian Shaw was on CFJC TV The midday show in Kamloops promoting The Wellness Toolbox on April 06, 2017   Wellness Toolbox classes are now on, proudly sponsored by Let’s Move Studio and Interior Wellness. It’s going pretty well. It is exciting to see a mix of people […]

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The Kamloops Self Advocates Newsletter April 2017 Edition

The Kamloops Self-Advocates is a newsletter for people with diverse abilities published by Krystian Shaw.   April  2017 Edition  KSA  Newsletter 2017 contains in This month’s theme Welcome to spring our loyal readers! This month is about Easter, April Fools, and lots more. There is a fun April fools recipe and that’s no joke! We […]

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Lessons from our children: never say never

By Linda Shaw     The biggest and most surprising journey of my life has been being Krystian’s mom. Krystian was born premature. At first, I was told he was delayed, but would catch up. Later I was told he was developmentally delayed and would never catch up, probably never being able to read or […]

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Advocating for better laws in Canada

By Krystian Shaw     My mom and I and my support worker have been advocating for better laws in Canada. We have been advocating for better trained law enforcement, medical staff, health authorities, and non profit housing providers and landlords.   My worker from the disability field who provides me assistance says things could […]

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The Kamloops Self Advocates Newsletter March 2017 Edition

The Kamloops Self-Advocates is a newsletter for people with diverse abilities published by Krystian Shaw.   March  2017 Edition  KSA  Newsletter 2017 contains in This month’s theme This month’s issue is full of interesting and different stories, looking at everything from St. Patrick’s Day, to Epilepsy Awareness, to health care, to the Social Innovation Youth […]

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My Exciting Journey as a Self Advocate

By: Krystian Shaw, Kamloops BC. The year 2017 is an exciting year for me as a self advocate already! This month I received the social Innovation youth award for those under 30 who have created social change in their community.  Here is the press release https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2017SDSI0016-000267 My work partner, Lisa, and I have started an […]

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The Kamloops Self Advocates Newsletter February 2017 Edition

The Kamloops Self-Advocates is a newsletter for people with diverse abilities published by Krystian Shaw.     February  2017 Edition  KSA  Newsletter 2017 contains in This month’s theme This month’s issue is about love with friends, family, and couples. No matter what our abilities and diagnoses, we can be in love and have compassion, kindness […]

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The Kamloops Self Advocates Newsletter January 2017 Edition

  The Kamloops Self-Advocates is a newsletter for people with diverse abilities published by Krystian Shaw.     January 2017 Edition  KSA  Newsletter 2017 contains in This month’s theme Happy New Year everyone! The KSA wishes you lots of happiness and good health. January is a good month to focus on health and wellness because […]

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The Kamloops Self Advocates Newsletter December 2016 Edition

The Kamloops Self-Advocates is a newsletter for people with diverse abilities published by Krystian Shaw Nov 2016 Edition KSA  Newsletter  contains This month’s theme It’s an exciting time of year everyone. The Kamloops Self Advocate wishes everyone a safe and happy winter season. There are lots of winter events in the community to be a […]

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The Kamloops Self Advocates Newsletter November 2016 Edition

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 […]

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