One of the most frustrating experiences of living with fatigue is the inability to help others truly understand what one lives with on a daily…
Death is a difficult subject to talk about and it can be even more difficult knowing how to support someone who is grieving a loss.…
I was going for a walk when I met a neighbour. He looked at me and said “where’s your walker? Have you been lying to…
have used mobility aids for over fifteen years. I have been using the transit system just as long. I have experienced a lot of discrimination…
The following is the speech I delivered to the Vancouver City Mayor and Council on January 16th, 2019. I was one of several speakers supporting…
For too long people with disabilities have been treated as second-class citizens. They have repeatedly been bombarded by messages that they their bodies are defective,…
As a person with a disability, I know what it is like to be systematically and individually treated like lesser than other people. I know…
For the audio version go to: http://youtu.be/bRb3lOWdyxY —– Words matter. Words label. Words explain. Words create perception and misperception. Words can hurt. Words can limit.…
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a rapidly progressing neuromuscular disease that attacks the nerve cells in the central nervous…
At the age of nineteen Kelly Hart became involved in sports through the Special Olympics program in Coquitlam. More than twenty years later Kelly remains…