Wheelchair Users Have a Right to Pee

It's time to express myself. I am so frustrated  at finding it's becoming more and more difficult to get   into the accessible  wash...

Moving While on ODSP Now That Moving Allowance is Distributed by Municipalities

In May 2014 I got a phone call from Toronto Non-Profit Housing. They finally had a wheelchair accessible apartment. I’d been on the waiting ...

The AODA and the Lack of Enforcement

In, " Ontario must enforce equality rules for disabled: Editorial " the article states that the government is not enforcing the AO...

Compliance with Regulation 429 (Accessible Customer Service) Helped by Fire Code

I’m writing this Blog to raise awareness about a new law that came into force on January 1, 2012. It is called Ontario Regulation 429 , or t...

Accessibility and the Man in Motion Tour

In June Kingston put out a call for nominations for a medal-bearer to participate in the Rick Hansen Relay that is currently crossing Canada...

New: Non-Accessible Entrance (for Access Bus Passengers) at KGH

Here is another bad move by Kingston. Kingston General Hospital has been under major renovations for quite some time and just recently, the...

Brute Force to Fix a Wheelchair?

Here is a story of how a Medical Supply company, who I'll leave nameless, tried to fix the bearings in the front wheel of my power wheel...

Accessibiltiy Features - some Best Practices

This sign was in Stanley Park and was obviously embellished by someone who has a great sense of humour! Ya gotta love it. Wheelchair platfo...

An Interesting Accommodation!

I just phoned the Elections Canada office in Kingston to ask about applying for a job. They said I must apply in person. By a stroke of good...

Wheelchair Accommodation - Do I Have to Think For Them Too?

Another wild story about disability accommodation, or the lack thereof. This time, it might lead to a happy ending. A few weeks ago I went t...

How to Stay Sane in an Insane World

I have a disability and, because of it, I'm unemployed, get too little from ODSP, live in subsidized housing, and often can't get ea...

Housing - Rules and Actions That Can Destroy Good Neighbourliness

The joy of being poor - you have to live in ODSP and social housing with stupid rules - because, attitudes and a wheelchair prevent you fr...

Disability, Services, and Mountains of Paper Work: It's making me sick

I'm getting severely depressed again because of the volume of accountability paperwork. It has been ongoing for 8 months now and the pro...

Questions to my MPP - June 2006

No response was ever received. The office worker tried to resolve a few issues, but in the end, was not successful. I had to do without and...

Why Increase Infrastructure When There is Nowhere to Go?

I just finished reading through all the accessibility reports for the City of Kingston, from 2003 to the present and, as I did so, I tried t...

Emotional Abuse of Workers vs. Those Who are Disabled

The sad part about disability and/or the poverty story is that there are often times when we were led into the poverty trap due to circumsta...