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The time for a CDA is now

What does ADA stand for? Americans with Disabilities Act. This month the ADA is 25 years old. Congratulations! What about the CDA? Canadians with Disabilities Act? There isn’t one. I notice the impact of the ADA whenever I travel or… Continue Reading…

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Just Two Minutes – why disabled parking spots are important

I was introduced to the Facebook page and it led me to the discovery of an amazing video – the link is at the bottom of this post. I’m pretty well known for my views of people who make things… Continue Reading…

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Internet Access – a necessity for the isolated and disabled.

What is a necessity? To get technical, we could look at Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs:   When asked about exactly this, FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly said that he saw necessities as those things firmly rooted in the bottom of the… Continue Reading…

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Disability awareness: individual v organizational responsibility?

When it comes to raising awareness of the issues faced by people, it’s hard to know where best to direct the education – the actions of individuals or the actions of larger organizations. The answer is probably both, but where… Continue Reading…

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HandyDart Action with local MLAs @mssocietybc

Today Sherry (our client services coordinator) and I met with our local MLAs, Norm Letnick, Steve Thomson and Christy Clark’s representative, Becky Harmata, met to present our concerns about the provision of HandyDart (known in some places as paratransit) in… Continue Reading…

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Thanks @GlobalOkanagan #endMS

Last week I shared our #TakeThePledge O Canada singing on World MS Day. We had a proclamation by Mayor Colin Basram, read by Deputy Mayor Tracy Gray, and two councillors, Mohini Singh and Ryan Donn to help us out! Global… Continue Reading…

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#TakeThePledge to #EndMS – World MS Day Part II

May is MS Awareness Month and today is World MS Day!Today we Took The Pledge! ‪We joined ‪#‎TeamFight‬ ! We were 3 councillors (one deputy mayor) 4 board members, one person with MS and one friend! If you go to… Continue Reading…

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Getting consistent treatment

I was going to write on something else today, until I saw this story on CBC, all here in Kelowna. MRIs are crucial for lots of MS patients, as they show that type of active lesion I talked about. In… Continue Reading…

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MS Advocacy on Parliament Hill

Advocacy is a very important part of the work of the MS Society. On a local level we are currently in the process of meeting with City and Provincial officials to advocate for a better HandyDart (Paratransit) system. I’m really… Continue Reading…

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Dee Rogers

As this is MS Awareness Month, I’m going to try to post something about MS, or about my life with MS, or the MS Society every day. Today was the celebration of Life for my dear friend Dee Rogers who… Continue Reading…

Michelle in wheelchair with lightsaber fighting Dart Vader

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