Trapped! Reporting from the Eleventh Floor

It’s one in the morning as I write this, I’m waiting to post it until morning because I’m pretty tired, but I wanted to get this out. I’m sitting here trying to drown out this rushing water sound in my ears, no doubt caused by listening to my building’s fire alarm for a half hour, [...]

Canadians with Disabilities, it’s Time to Take the Gloves Off

Find out about the march It’s not a question of if austerity will impact Canadians with disabilities, but a question of when. We need only look over to the UK for proof. Coalition proposals with see the Disability Living Allowance cut in that country by 20%, pushing those people into increasing poverty. Hate crimes against [...]

Listserve for #Disability equipment in #Toronto

Disability author and former managing editor of Abilities magazine Lisa Bendall recently started a new Yahoo group for people with disabilities and their family members living in and around the Toronto area. The group is called Freewheels and is for anyone interested in posting or reading messages that are specifically about gently used disability-related equipment [...]

#Toronto #Mayoral Candidates Debate #Disability Issues

Peter Athanasopoulos apologized to six mayoral candidates: the wheelchair-accessible cab he ordered had arrived 30 minutes late. His difficulties reaching a debate on disability issues in Toronto, a city whose subway stations won’t be guaranteed accessible until 2024, underscored Athanasopoulos’s argument transportation is a “huge issue” for people like him. “I would have taken the [...]

Finally someone`s doing something about #inaccessible debit card checkers!

Retailers’ use of fixed devices faces challenge by handicapped groups Retailers’ use of fixed devices faces challenge by handicapped groups By ALLISON LAMPERT, The GazetteFebruary 19, 2010 Quebec associations for the handicapped are challenging retailers’ use of immovable debit-card readers. They say the practice of attaching bank-card readers to store checkout counters discriminates against certain [...]

The Invisible Backpack of Able-Bodied Privilege Checklist

There are a couple of these already online, but they are written by able-bodied people, and seem to miss some major points of privilege.  I decided to write my own. 1. I can, if I wish, arrange to attend social events without worrying if they are accessible to me. 2. If I am in the [...]

Why it Rocks to be a Woman in a Wheelchair!!!

I’ve posted this on other things before, but it’s worth repeating: 1) What better excuse to get a guy to hold doors open for you? 2)”Excuse me, would you mind picking that up for me?” –GREAT way to meet cute guys, LOL 3) Shopping is much less exhausting when you can speed though the mall [...]

When Florists are Superheroes and Sharks make us Cry

If we expect others to be heartless, how do we care for them, or the world around us?