Although I've healed a lot from past relationship, there's still some leftover stuff that I'm trying to work through. I know one of the reasons I actively avoid accepting dates is due to feeling like I'm going to burden someone because I'm disabled & have progressive illnesses. I don't want to be a burden on anyone. I don't believe I'm a burden on family/friends in my life. Devaluation of who I am by ex is why I'm still working through the post-abusive damage.
I believe several #PeopleWithDisabilities can probably relate to my thoughts & feelings on this. #Dating is difficult in general. It's much more difficult when you have lifelong #disability & live in an #ableist society.
Tori Lacey, 26, chronicled the troubling incident on her #TikTok & #Instagram pages, where she usually posts content about her #travel exploits as a person who uses a #wheelchair.
Far from meeting the expectations of #disability organizations – along with any of the scenarios presented by the PBO – the #GovernmentOfCanada has instead created a #CDB with a maximum annual support level of $2,400/person.
And despite widespread warnings about accessing the CDB through #DTC eligibility alone, the #Trudeau government has retained this #tax measure as the only way to qualify for the benefit.
Curtis's humiliation came from the fact that at his graduation, the ramp to get onto the stage was too steep & #inaccessible for #WheelchairUsers.
Curtis has #EhlersDanlos syndrome, a connective tissue disorder that causes joint dislocations & severe pain, which is why he uses a #wheelchair & has a service animal.
Devices such as #MobiMats allow people to move across the sand to the water on a sturdy platform, which would make it easier for people like Lumsdon to cross the beach.
...in #Toronto, the city says only three of its 10 supervised #swimming#beaches — Woodbine, Ward's Island & Centre Island — have #accessibility features like mats, decks or beach #wheelchairs that people can reserve ahead of their visit.
Heading out to our last #ParaDragonboating team practice of the month! Our first race is next Sunday, May 26th. I'll post more info about that, after this weekend.
I will be moving into #outrigger#paddling training sessions, after May 26th Gorge Fairway Super Sprints dragon boat season opener races.
I'll need to coordinate my outrigger training dates with my #ParaSailing training, which starts in June. I'm training with Able Sail, to obtain recertification for my #WhiteSails. Able Sail runs their #sailing programs for #PeopleWithDisabilities out of Oak Bay marina. I'm looking forward to sailing those waters. Only sailed Esquimalt & Metchosin areas prior.
1st dragonboat races, happening on May 26. I have to be on location all day, as when I'm not paddling in race, will be doing drum/beat calling for races I don't paddle in. I'm also doing several other volunteer duties on our first race day so would love to create a big #music playlist for the whole day!
Please drop some high energy songs to this open for #musicRecommendations for active water sports thread!
Advocates in #Quebec say Twibanire's experience highlights a years-long problem for people in #wheelchairs when they try to access #mammograms.
A Quebec advocacy group, The Regroupement des activistes pour l'inclusion au Québec #RAPLIQ , recently contacted 94 clinics across the province that offer mammograms. The result, they said, was that 43 per cent advised they couldn't accommodate people who use wheelchairs.
2 photos taken today, by one of my regular #LittleFreeLibrary guests. From a friendly senior lady, who I met 3 years ago, when I first set up my LFL. She's been telling folks about it since the first time we met & visits my LFL at least once a week. I gift her flowers & random fun goodies for her 4 grandchildren, when I have extras available to share. I've made friends with a few of my regular LFL guests 🥰
Today was a wonderful day with helping out two Aunties & hanging out with my Mom. We are becoming best friends, slowly.
Mom took this photo of me, in our backyard, when we got home. We're sending lots of newer family photos overseas this month & this will be one of them.
Age 30. At Coquitlam Town Centre.
On one of my part work/part leisure trips to Vancouver. I signed 2 work contracts on that trip😊
Back when my hair was jet black & hung down to my thighs. I wore it in half/full up-dos or in messy buns often back then.
It's not me who has issues with how I walk with a limp. It's ableist shitheads who have issues with disabled people. Not my problem. It's their problem.
@WrenArcher Thanks! Got another painful tooth pulled. Waiting for frozen right side of my face to feel normal again.
The black shawl top is a gift from my Auntie Chan 🥰 I paired it with warm gray knit mockneck & my brown velour & plaid bellbottoms. Beaded jewelry was handmade by a local friend.