Tag Archives: Disability

The Winding Road of Life

Posted on May 31, 2018 by

“Let us never know what old age is.  Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years” – Ausonius With the exception of some birds twittering outside it is very quiet however it is only 5:30 in the … Continue reading →

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The Sun Doesn’t Cut It

Posted on March 14, 2018 by

“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge” – Stephen Hawking I was quite shaken by the death of Stephen Hawking which has surprised me.  I knew of the man (you would have to … Continue reading →

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Systemic Bullying

Posted on February 28, 2018 by

“One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered” – Michael J Fox February 28 is “Pink Shirt Day“, that one day a year when the emphasis is put … Continue reading →

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Family Day and Telethon’s

Posted on February 12, 2018 by

“I didn’t ask anyone to make me a poster boy, because poster boys always end up on a dart board” – Anurag Kashyap  Today is Family Day in BC.  Yesterday was the 2017 annual Variety Show of Hearts Telethon.  What … Continue reading →

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Stereotyping Through Stigma

Posted on January 17, 2018 by

“The whole idea of a stereotype is to simplify. Instead of going through the problem of all this great diversity – that it’s this or maybe that – you have just one large statement; it is this.” – Chinua Achebe … Continue reading →

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Deconstructing Healthcare

Posted on January 8, 2018 by

“America’s health care system is neither healthy, caring or a system”  – Walter Cronkite This opening quote can also be said of Canada now.  I grew up in a Canada when health-care had doctors who came to your home.  I … Continue reading →

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A Hostage of Circumstance

Posted on January 5, 2018 by

“The biggest restriction to independence for the disabled is the perception of retaliation for speaking out” – Terry Wiens (2018) I am so pissed off right now I need to speak out.  I have been a hostage of circumstance for … Continue reading →

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