Observer, questioner, challenger of the status quo. Tetraplegic. Anti-ableist. Atheist. Underestimate me at your own risk.
Unceded Syilx Territory
Joined October 2011
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Thank you @trevorkelowna, Mike Harris, and George Morgan for signing the Accessible Housing Pledge!
accessiblehousingpledge.ca/
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I wouldn't have believed the extent to which people equate independence to dignity prior to entering this online discussion around MAiD.
Dignity and worth are inherent to each of us as human beings. We don't 'earn' our dignity by not needing others' help and support.
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Please ask your local candidates to sign the Accessible Housing Pledge. Thank you @ryanlpainter @TracyCareQ and others for signing already!
accessiblehousingpledge.ca/
The Accessible Housing Pledge is back!
Please ask the candidates in your riding to read it, and take the pledge to take action to create more accessible housing if they are elected!
accessiblehousingpledge.ca/
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The Accessible Housing Pledge is back!
Please ask the candidates in your riding to read it, and take the pledge to take action to create more accessible housing if they are elected!
accessiblehousingpledge.ca/
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With multiple elections underway in BC, we will be relaunching the Accessible Housing Pledge soon. Please watch this space!
While we are getting the pledge site updated, you can prepare by collecting contact info for the candidates in you local and provincial elections!
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Sending all my love to survivors and others impacted by sexual assault. I stand in solidarity—in rage and grief—against systems that normalize sexual violence and discredit women and other targeted people. EM deserves a better world. We all deserve a better world.
If you are experiencing distress, please reach out for support.
Klinic Crisis Line: (204) 786-8686
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This week, PBS @NewsHour's Judy Woodruff reported on the affordable housing shortage for people with disabilities. Erin Nguyen Neff, DREDF's Senior Staff Attorney, called for the centering of disabled people in policies for affordable + accessible housing. pbs.org/video/disability-ref…
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People with disabilities twice as likely to have food insecurity, StatCan report says ctvnews.ca/canada/people-wit…
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We developed a system to monitor the #RightToHousing for people with disabilities in 🇨🇦. It was created with #PWD and experts to ensure inclusivity and uphold #HumanRights. It focuses on 11 areas, like accessibility, discrimination, homelessness and more: chrc-ccdp.gc.ca/en/resources…
ALT An icon is a depicting a building with a symbol for accessibility (a wheelchair) next to it. The text reads: "Monitoring the right to housing for people with disabilities”.
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Our new monitoring project confirms that #PWD are overrepresented in inadequate housing and homelessness. More must be done to address these issues and ensure the fundamental #RightToHousing of people with disabilities. News release with @HousingLogement: bit.ly/3RAnTPc
ALT An older man with a beard and mustache is sitting in a wheelchair on a city street. He is dressed in casual clothes and has a blanket on his lap. A busy urban environment with buildings and a bus in the background can be seen. The text on the image reads: "NEWS RELEASE. New project confirms people with disabilities are overrepresented in all aspects of inadequate housing and homelessness. CHRC-CCDP.GC.CA." The logo of the Canadian Human Rights Commission is in the bottom right corner.
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Thank you to @SpringHawes, Dr. Karen Ethan’s & Dr. Gary Linassi for an excellent & nuanced discussion on ableism and medical assistance in dying @CAPM_R
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EPC update: Home care and support group prevent euthanasia.
A libertarian call to defeat New York assisted suicide bill. ow.ly/r9ZW50RQOAo
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This is a link to Liz Carr's documentary "Better off Dead?" for those who do not have a British TV license!
Please RT far and wide — especially Ireland, Mann & Jersey.
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Canada has spent years fighting First Nations Kids in court rather than upholding #JordansPrincipal. First Nations children deserve the same public services as other children across Canada. Learn about Jordan’s Principal today and take action. (2/2)
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On #BearWitnessDay, we honour Jordan River Anderson, A First Nation child who spent his life in the hospital, away from his loving home, while governments debated who would pay for his care. Jordan’s life was precious, his human rights never should have been up for debate. (1/2)
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"We should have the right to receive medical care in places and from ppl who don't contemplate or participate in killing disabled people as part of a care plan."
@mssinenomine on why #pwd need safety from the "better dead than disabled" view in healthcare.
policyoptions.irpp.org/magaz…
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My letter published in The Guardian today👇: “By misrepresenting socially caused distress as a medical issue, we run the risk of wrongly individualising, pathologising & depoliticising that distress, & so exonerating social conditions from responsibility.”theguardian.com/politics/202…
