‘He’s such a saint,’ said a family friend while patting my boyfriend’s shoulder at a party. I sat in my wheelchair trying to keep my cool. It wasn’t the first time I’d heard this, and I knew it wouldn’t be the last. Even when I used crutches, previous boyfriends had been called ‘diamonds’, and ‘angels’…
When an employer began stripping away duties and relegated her to a tiny desk in the kitchen unit of the office, Barbara Stensland knew her recent multiple sclerosis diagnosis was behind it. This was an attempt to push her out of the workplace. Eventually, after repeated requests for accommodations went unmet – with the exception…
In his first book, “More Alike Than Different,” disability rights advocate David Egan writes about his life as a public speaker with…
When you have a service-related disability, you may be unsure what steps you need to take in order to protect your…
Advocates for Canadians with disabilities are sounding the alarm over a bill to expand medical assistance in dying, warning that it will devalue the lives of vulnerable people.The House of Commons justice committee heard today from opponents of the federal government’s plan to change the rules for medical assistance in dying. (Shutterstock)Advocates for Canadians with…
[ad_1] Some people are disabled from birth, or shortly after so they only know life one way. Some people, however became disabled…