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People can do anything they put their mind to
By Lyle Lexier on May 16, 2013
My friend Rasika is a superb dancer. She is an intelligent, beautiful, and smart lady with a diversability. She speaks English and Marathi fluently. She is involved in her Indo-Canadian community through her Hindu temple and her self-employment in story-telling as a traditional...
Treat people with kindness and compassion
By Krystian Shaw on March 21, 2013
I want to introduce myself and give you a bit of my background. I am a special needs person myself. I was given lots of help growing up to make life easier. I was taught that I may have disabilities but I am very able in doing whatever I put my mind to.
So after graduating from...
Speaking in schools in my community
By Michael Mclellan on February 28, 2013
Hi my name is Michael Mclellan and I am going to tell you a short story about how I started speaking to schools about blindness, visual impairment and White Cane Week. For all of you that are not aware of what White Cane Week is, let me tell you…
The first week of February has been...