Some tell me I’m inspiring when I’m trying to find the best price on coffee at the grocery store. Some people tell me I’m inspiring when I am sitting drinking a coffee at the beach. Some tell me I’m inspiring when I stick a coffee cup between my thighs and wheel over to the counter to get some sweetener. (Coffee is a lot of my life.)
Hea\dline: Kim Campbell Calls President Trump A Motherf**ker! The former PM weighs in days after a U.S. congresswoman pledged to help impeach POTUS. Photos of Trump and Kim Campbell This isn’t going to take long because I don’t have all fucking day for this shit. When a wealthy, respected person says motherfucker they are seen…
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But the point of this post is not accessibility, it is capitalism. Supply and demand. Profit. Mass production. The things that form the economic basis for the society we live in and how items we use and require are produced and distributed…So what happens when all but a minority of people who require them for accessibility stop using plastic bendy straws?
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Last night as I watched the make up of council unfold I said to someone “I’m scared” and then immediately regretted my choice of word. This isn’t Trump – the new yardstick for measuring how bad election results can be. The truth is there is no one word to describe how I feel but anxious might be closest.
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“You know, that might be the answer – to act boastfully about something we ought to be ashamed of. That’s a trick that never seems to fail.” – Joseph Heller, Catch-22 “The calculated simulated of enthusiasm…is also common within contemporary culture. In a variety of configurations, the applause sign has become a social principle.” Stuart McEwan,…
On May 16, 2018, the City of Vancouver, BC voted unanimously to proceed with a ban on single-use plastic straws. They did so despite the fact they are necessary for some disabled people and that alternatives (metal, paper, bamboo…) are not suitable for different reasons for different disabled people. The City had originally…
On August 17, 2017, a few weeks before thousands of university students will head off to class, the National Post ran an opinion piece by Queen’s University Professor of Law, Bruce Pardy under the headline “Mental disabilities shouldn’t be accommodated with extra time on exams.” Both the content and the context of this badly argued…
This is the first in a series about disability policy in BC. Part one is intended to deal with why we need a dramatic shift in approach. We have a new provincial government in British Columbia. Will it offer us a new approach to disability policy? If so, what should it be? In…
This is the sign you hang on your window when you design to exclude. Inaccessibility is discrimination.
There is no other group of adult citizens in this country, not convicted of violating criminal laws, who are forced to fight for their right to live in the community, except disabled people. Council will vote tomorrow (July 25, 2017), at 2:00 pm on whether to approve the Pearson Dogwood Rezoning Application. …
Dear Mayor and Council, I am writing to express my opposition to the Rezoning Application for 500-650 W 57th Ave (Pearson Dogwood) in its current form. We need social housing, specifically individual private apartments, for all disabled people – with attendant care as required – integrated into the community. Vancouver should…
Time: 3:00 pm EST/ Noon PST/ 7:00 pm UTC 1: What are your top 5 accessibility concerns? Tell us about the worst attempt at accessibility you’ve encountered. Send a photo if you have one. 2: Tell us about the best access experiences you have had. Send photos if you have them? 3: Tell us…
