Accessibility
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13 Tips on How to Interact with a Wheelchair User
I found a great article about 13 tips on how to interact with a wheelchair user… I have personally come across some of these things… the original article can be found here. National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month September is National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month in the USA. There are approximately 200,000 people living…
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Accessibility Mats
After about 4 years with the Accessibility Advisory committee (AAC), I am proud to have been a part of getting accessibility mats installed at the beach in Port Dover. This took a year of work to accomplish. First as a committee we applied for a grant in July of 2016 for the accessibility mats. After…
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I’ve joined my local AAC
Today I have started with the Norfolk County Accessibility Advisory Committee (ACC). This committee gives advice to the County Council to help it carry out its responsibilities under the AODA (Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act). With the knowledge I’m gaining from my appointment to this committee I plan on being a Freelance Disability Consultant…
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Spina Bifida: Living With a Disability
This post will be about my life being different than a normal person and other information about Spina Bifida and related information, also of note is that next month, October, is Spina Bifida Awareness month which most people aren’t aware of. I will be updating this as I find more and more information about this…
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New Disability Blog
Welcome to my Disability blog where you will find information about my work in making the world a more accessible place for all. Some of what you will see will have to do with my work while on the Accessibility Advisory Committee for Norfolk County and other things will be what I’m doing on my…
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March of dimes summer camp
Back in mid summer of 2006, I attended that camp in August of that year, I discovered a camp run by Ontario March of Dimes, now known as March of Dimes Canada. I then returned again in August 2008, July 2009 and for my final year in August 2010. This was a camp for adults…