Photo Image: A Canadian 20 dollar bill, front and back. I handed over my shopping bag to Joe and he handed over a $20 bill to me. It seemed a fair exchange. We’ve arranged it so that when we go shopping, Joe gets in line to pay for the groceries and I head over to […]
Every now and then I meet someone, or hear a story about someone, or see something on social media about someone whose story makes me really proud. I want to be clear about the word I’m using. I’m using the word ‘proud’ not the word ‘inspired’ because they are different words with different meanings. Let […]
image Description: A park bench with a brass coloured plaque reading: This bench is reserved for the young, beautiful and affluent. If you are old, ugly or poor please sit elsewhere. A couple of days ago the controversy about a particular gravestone placed in memory of a child with a disability by their family […]
Image Description: A close up picture of a yellow strip of measuring tape. Joe was busy measuring the width of my manual chair here at home while we waited for a woman to measure the width of a door in a training centre north of us. This all happened because I was due to attend […]
Image description: The Bell Let’s Tall logo. A smiling face with a comment box over the upper right forehead with the words Bell Let’s Talk beside the logo. January 27th is Bell’s Let’s Talk Day … it’s the perfect day to speak about mental health and people with intellectual disabilities. To help foster, or […]
Image Description: An Oscar statuette I love the movies. Joe and I go to a movie nearly every weekend. I spend time reading up on what’s coming out and, I’ll admit, about the stars and about casting for movies and about controversies that erupt, from time to time, about the script or the approach to […]
Image Description: A day planner opened witht eh word Wedding on the Friday date, above the word are two wedding rings. I received an email yesterday from a young man with Down Syndrome asking me a question about relationships and sexuality. He said in his email that he had been in an abuse prevention class […]
Image Description: A drawing of Sherlock Holmes in traditional garb with a pipe Last Friday I was in a bit of a state. The restrictions imposed upon me by the break down of my power chair were very keenly felt that day. Gone was the gratitude I had for having a mobility option in […]
Image Description: A photograph of Joe, in a white shirt, and Gavin, in a plaid shirt, sitting in a restaurant with Joe’s arm over Gavin’s shoulder and his hand resting on Gavin’s shoulder. During the time of the plague, we watched friend after friend disappear. There were so many holes in the fabric of our […]
Image Description: A pathway through a park with a wheelchair being pushed along it. Only the hand pushing and the wheels are pictured. There were three of us on the bus. All of us were in manual wheelchairs. Two, picked up at different spots and meeting for the first time, were both going for physiotherapy […]
