Of Battered Aspect

Upon arrival home I received and email with the intriguing caption 'What would Hingsburger do?' I opened it and found the following ...

Note: My final piece on Canada.com  appears today, lost amongst the Royal Wedding coverage. Anyways, it isn't about disability, it's...

It is impossible not to have been deluged by news regarding the Royal Wedding. One morning we watched interviews with designers who didn...

I got nothing. Oh, I tried to write something today. But, I got nothing. We're just back from a trip. Hotels were all accessible...

I had the oddest conversation. A friend was telling me about being at a conference attending a session regarding 'language, perception a...

We watched her drive away. Her scooter is bright red and she drives it like a pro. Tessa, our neighbour, has been part of our social circle ...

Easter Monday this year is a travel day. It starts out with my annual 'chat' with students graduating from Humber College. They will...

He walked on skinny legs with sharp bony knees. His body swayed slightly as he made his way along. He wore small, dark, sunglasses and smile...

The theatre was nearly full. We had been warned, when buying tickets, that we might not all get to sit together. So Joe, Ruby and I headed t...

I was horribly rude today. Without even knowing it. I arrived at work just a little after 8:30 and as I got my chair off the bus and int...

I worry that maybe I'm losing my sense of humour. That I'm beginning to take things way too seriously. Alternately, I'm wonderin...

How The Book Club Works! Note: Today's post follows, tomorrow's will appear just after midnight. I was so excited about doing a...

The hotel that I've been staying in is packed! There must have been a tournament or something because there were hundreds of young teen ...

Hi, my post on employment is up on Canada.com  please drop by and comment. It matters that there are voices there. It's been up for a wh...

I love to read. You all know that. It's been a while since I've read a book that has both had a character with a disability (or ...

I say this having chosen my words very carefully: I'm a bad cripple. I must be, everyone seems to think so. I could see that judgeme...

Everything was arranged. The whole Saturday planned. I'd thunk about it and thunk about it until I could thunk no more. I'd planned ...

I begin by whining. With the new legislation in Ontario mandating that all people with intellectual disabilities be provided abuse prevent...

Today I spent in consultation and in a car. I arrived with a speech to review for the morrow and emails to answer in my 'inbox'. I...

Hi, as you know I was asked to submit another post for Canada.com . Many of you suggested the issue of employment and that brought back very...