Recent Posts
May 2013
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...
March 2013
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...
February 2013
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...
January 2013
International Persons with Diversabilities Day
By Sheenagh Morrison on January 31, 2013
In September of 2012, I started thinking about celebrating International Persons with Disabilities Day on December 3. I wanted to do this by starting the Diversability campaign in Victoria. The...
December 2012
Happy Holidays
By BCSAF Board of Directors on December 20, 2012
The B.C. Self Advocacy Foundation would like to wish youa very Happy Holiday Season!
2012 was an exciting year for BCSAF!
The B.C. Self Advocacy Foundation (BCSAF) is now a Self-governing...
November 2012
Message from the Board
By BCSAF Board of Directors on November 16, 2012
Thank you to everyone who applied for a No More Barriers Community Grant!
We had an overwhelming response and are very happy to announce that we have funded 12 community projects across...
September 2012
A Message from the Board
By BC Self Advocacy Foundation Board of Directors on September 6, 2012
Over the past year BCSAF has embarked on a provincial tour of our No More Barriers Campaign to raise awareness about our human rights and get people talking about how to make these rights real for...
August 2012
What I learned about myself from writing blogs for BCSAF
By Sheenagh Morrison on August 30, 2012
Before I started writing blog articles I didn’t believe in my writing ability. Now I do, and I love it. Writing has given me more confidence in myself. I have made more friends...
My Life
By Richard Hansen on August 24, 2012
My Name is Richard Hansen and I was born at Vancouver General Hospital on November 1, 1943. I was the youngest of three children born to Edith & Lyman Hansen. I had a happy life with my family....
July 2012
My Favorite Workshop at the BCACL 2012 Conference
By Lyle Lexier on July 13, 2012
My favorite workshop was the Social Enterprise for Non-traditional Self Advocacy hosted by my friends Leonora Gregory-Collura and Charlie Collura. They gave a talk on ANCA, their social agency for...