“Sometimes we hear the saying that loneliness is the only debilitating disability. A personal support network is to ensure that everyone can live in an inclusive community. ” – Rebecca Pauls
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“We have been too conservative and cautious about the true potentials for people with disabilities. The pessimism [of others] is the problem, not the people with disabilities.” – Michael Kendrick
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… we have thought that people don’t have something to offer. That is the shift, people do have something to offer, and we have to give them the opportunity to grow that.
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“Intentional community is not something that you measure – it is something that you feel.” – Linda Dawe
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Jessica and I discuss her approach to helping families create a home, lessons learned from the Be At Home Creative Housing Supports project, innovative housing solutions, overcoming barriers to housing, as well as some great resources.
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Bill Hiltz shares his story of how he was mistreated and caged in an institution, freed by loving people, and how he has grown into a disability advocate.
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Why planning and intentionality is so important, the 3 major building blocks to planning a life, and free resources to help you get there.
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We are automatically drawn to the difference David wears on his face, and he uses this difference to inspire us to look within to find our own inner beauty.
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On this week’s podcast, I had the pleasure of interviewing one of the world’s biggest social innovators of our time; Al Etmanski. Al and I talk about; how to bring social change to life by thinking and acting like a movement, the Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDS…
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Mitch, a high school senior, started to explore part-time employment in his community and was continually turned away, due to what Mitch thinks was his disability. Mitch and his mom, Charity, then teamed up to make Mitch’s dream a reality and created ‘Mitch and…
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