Disability
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Spina Bifida Awareness Month
This year is the first I became aware of spina bifida awareness month that happens every October in the US. We also have on here in Canada that happens in June that I have found out thanks to my research thinking that it was in October here in Canada too, but as I stated that…
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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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Long Point Island Hugger Tours
Not only am I going to be responsible for the website for this company that I will be talking about in a future post that I will be making when it’s released. But, I also have another job too, I’m the Experience and Disability Consultant in addition to being the Web Designer for this company.
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RDSP – Registered Disability Savings Plan
Today I’m going to write about something the Federal Government of Canada did back in December of 2008. They introduced the Registered Disability Savings Plan (also known as RDSP) in their 2007 budget. It wasn’t until December of 2008 the RDSP was finally made available as a way for those with a disability to be…
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Importance of folic acid: A preventative for spina bifida and anencephaly
I recently came across an article on a website called the odyssey online by Ryan McGreal (for the original article go to the link shown). In this article he talks about Folic Acid and how it helps with the prevention of both Spina Bifida and Anencephaly, which are types of neural tub defects. He talks…
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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…