Inclusion: The Dream
admin2022-04-30T18:21:34+00:00Why do you ignore me when I am right here, here and now? Am I no good? Have I no gifts? Nothing worthy to offer you? But to sit inside the box. Inside the box you drew.
Accessing Inclusion
admin2022-05-25T17:11:53+00:00Next to employment, accessing community is the biggest barrier to inclusion faced by people with disabilities.So you can appreciate how pleased I was to walk another north side neighborhood now completely outfitted with new accessible sidewalks. ‘Props’ to the City of Lethbridge for doing their part opening up inclusive neighborhoods.
The Gentle Purveyors of Peace
admin2022-04-30T18:23:29+00:00I confess to being rather melancholy today, sparked, by a jarring article, by Rory Andrews, which had come up on my newsfeed.It was about a small roadside plot of land, that was used between 1906 and 1959 as a burial ground for the bodies of unclaimed patients, and located adjacent to a former Nova Scotia mental institution.
No Worries
admin2022-04-30T18:27:43+00:00I have a developmentally delayed friend who has difficulty with social ques making her vulnerable in social settings.With her permission, I tell the following story to help illustrate how difficult it is for some people with developmental disabilities to move through a world shaped by urban language.