Melissa Hank Updated: April 13, 2020 Back in February, when protesters fighting the Coastal GasLink pipeline project erected blockades on Via Rail routes across Canada,…
Month: April 2020
Policy updated after lawyers challenge ‘discriminatory’ lockdown measures
Federal Government names group to ensure disabled Canadians included in COVID-19 response
Posted in Accessibility News
The Canadian Press April 10, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic takes a particularly heavy toll on Canadians with disabilities and more efforts are needed to ensure…
The coronavirus response has created a more accessible society – but how long will it last?
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In a world that has been turned upside-down, there have been some expected benefits, and many hope they will remain
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The coronavirus pandemic response is normalising the notion that disabled lives are disposable
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“When I found out I was stunned. It was clear that it was #rare but I didn’t think so rare. After a while I began to realize that you are rare, but there are also many rare diseases. The cool thing is that at a certain point you start to feel you #sexy, in the American sense of the term. Doctors look at you curiously, the specialists can’t wait to explore under your eye. You laugh, a smile for every time you cried. I have a big karmic debt in smiles. At the moment I have cried more than I smiled. I think I will smile today today, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow. I hope I will not stop. #ifeelsexy ”
Being blind means having dinner with a packet of crackers because you have not found someone to accompany you to the grocery store. This is…