I am a bigot. This acknowledgement causes me pain. I’m making it public because I want to change. Sometimes it’s hard to be intentional in your interactions and even harder in your interpretations of your world. The instantaneous judgement you make of another, the judgments that happen, seemingly before thought, certainly without thought, those, where […]
Today in Canada is Bell Let’s Talk Day. It’s a corporate fundraiser where Bell donates money for calls and text to support mental health initiatives. One of the goals is to fight the stigma that surrounds mental heath and the prejudice which is inspired by the assumptions that come with that stigma. I understand the […]
We were leaving the movie theatre with the girls and just outside the door was a fellow, sitting on the ground, bundled up against the cold. He had a sign that simply said, “Please help, I am hungry.” In front of him he had placed a small receptacle for people to toss change in. I […]
There is a small convenience and news store that I like and when I’m nearby I always pop in to buy my lottery tickets. It’s very small and yet there is room for me to move around in so I can be in front of where the trays of scratch and (usually) lose tickets are […]
I’ve been asked, several times by different people, why I haven’t written more about Trump. I’ve been chastised a couple of times form not bringing a disability perspective to the phenomenon of Trumps rise from ‘can’t win’ to ‘did win’ in the states. My only response has been, thus far, is that there are already […]
Not sure if it’s because of the number of times my mother washed my mouth out with it but I developed a taste for soap. Now you won’t find me wandering the aisles of fancy toiletries shops sniffing at gently scented find milled bars of soap produced from the milk Yaks who only ate clover. […]
I’m at that age where I’ve been around for a long time, not just on this earth, but in the work that I do, that people will come to me to ask questions. The problem, sometimes, for them is that I’m also at the age where I watch my mouth just a little bit less […]
I have a problem. I think I’ve had it for quite a while, but I don’t think I’ve really acknowledged it to myself or to anyone else until now. Let me give you a three examples and then I think you’ll understand. We are having a ‘see you soon’ gathering at my next team meeting […]
Tomorrow my power chair comes back. I am conflicted. Not by the 900 dollar repair bill, which was enough to knock the wind out of me, but by the fact that I’m wondering about how to incorporate it back into my life. This stands in stark contrast as to how I felt when they took […]
Because the word ‘invalid’ sounds different when it references an argument or a point someone is making than it does when referring to people with disabilities. That little bit of difference makes it sound like it’s two different words with two different spellings, it isn’t. I’m not going to go off on a rant about […]
