Tag Archives: Disability
Redefining Social Justice – Part 2, Knowing Your Place is Not Knowing your Role
“Never fry bacon wearing a tank top on while sitting in a wheelchair” – Ancient Chinese Proverb I have always considered myself a political “centrist”. There isn’t a political party that hasn’t presented a few platform I agree with and … Continue reading
The Baron’s of the Badlands
“Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self” – May Sarton I love good writers, poets and story tellers so to be able to open with a quote by May Sarton (also an outspoken activists on … Continue reading
The Winding Road of Life
“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
The Sun Doesn’t Cut It
“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
Family Day and Telethon’s
“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
Stereotyping Through Stigma
“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
