I recently attended a talk given by Ron Coleman, from the Hearing Voices Network, an organization that is run by users, in a self-help capacity,…
My name is Heather McCain. I have been living with disability and chronic pain for seventeen years, exactly half of my life. I learned, fairly…
Disability is an umbrella term that refers to a condition that affects a person’s ability to go about their daily life. A disability affects one’s…
Going to see a doctor, for any health issue, can be stressful. For people who live with chronic pain, they often spend years of their…
Communication is essential to everyday life. Most of us communicate on autopilot – not consciously aware of all that goes into our daily communications. We…
The Living with Disability and Chronic Pain blog has added a new section. The author of this blog once wrote a monthly column for the…
Sixteen to twenty percent of the Canadian population lives with chronic pain, yet there remains a lot of confusion and misinformation about what chronic pain…
Large Print Format PDF Document Download One of the founding objectives of Citizens for Accessible Neighbourhoods (C.A.N.) was to increase access to information, as such,…
Neurodiversity 101 offers you a look at what neurodiversity is. We will give definitions, discuss language, talk about different models of neurodiversity and the neurodiversity…
Upcoming Meetings (all online until further notice) ***Update: We are now only meeting once a month (instead of twice) due to membership Zoom fatigue. We…