Next 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.
I 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.
I 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.
