Flitting, Changes & Measures of Success
So. There are these two rather large projects that consume my time at the moment. One is happening at MyRACentral. We have two weeks left before it all launches and in the grand tradition of things that sound like a really good idea when you’re safely ensconced in the dead of winter and dealing only…
Nothing Fancy
A friend sent me an e-mail with an invitation. He has the possibility of going to a gala and since it’s for disability related thing, asked if I wanted to come along. This is a transcription of the next few seconds in my brain: Absolutely! I don’t have it anything in my wardrobe that is…
Sugar Beach News
Interesting things have happened and I feel compelled to share. For those of you who haven’t read the original post, as small recap. A wonderful recreational area called Sugar Beach opened last summer in my neck of the woods and about three weeks ago, I went to check it out. Only to discover that there…
Acceptance and RA: Tangled Up in the If Onlys
This week on MyRACentral, I think about acceptance, the if onlys and a few what ifs… “What would you wish for if there were no limits? What would you do if you found an old lamp at the flea market and it was the one with the genie in it?” You can read the…
Sensitive to the D-Word: A Disability Discrimination Test
Updated March 5, 2021 When you mention the D-word (discrimination) in connection with people with disabilities you get the funniest reactions. People sort of wince, they cringe, they even get angry and question your conclusions. It’s as if they have accepted the concept of discrimination against other groups, such as racial minorities, women and aboriginal…
Invisible, Visible
I was at the grocery store, picking up a few things, moving from the back of the store to the front because I’m compulsively organized. The last item I needed before heading for the checkout was a loaf of bread and I headed to the ice cream and bread products aisle. Once there, I positioned…
Hype
I’d planned to do my own Best Movie Oscar nominees post, but the effort was hampered by… well, life. However, in the last week or so I’ve had the opportunity to watch both The King’s Speech and Black Swan and other than both being Best Movie nominees and both the actors playing the main characters nabbing an…
The Future’s So Bright: a Good Time to Have RA
I’ve mentione dthe November RA forum here before, but now there are details about what I learned on MyRACentral: “I am in a large room in a downtown Toronto hotel, chairs lined up facing the front and around me are over 300 other people, most of whom are here for the same reason…
The Path to Sugar Beach
Settle in folks, this one’s a bit long…. We have a large amount of waterfront here in Toronto, nestled as we are along the shores of Lake Ontario. For a very long time, there’s been talk of revitalizing the waterfront and not too long ago, the three levels of government (municipal, provincial and federal) got…