Written by admin2 on July 3rd, 2009
Located in the heart of Muskoka, Ontario CNIB Lake Joseph Centre (Lake Joe) is a world leader in providing people with vision loss with life-changing experiences. Lake Joe is a fully accessible recreational facility that provides a fun and safe environment for people of all ages with vision loss.
And now…CNIB Lake Joseph Centre is searching for the next Canadian superstar! If you’re 16 years or older and have vision loss, it could be you!
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Posted in Blind Visionaries, Campaign Watch | No Responses » Tags: accessibility, art, art therapy, assistive technology, blind, Canadian National Institute for the Blind, CNIB, CNIB Lake Joseph Centre, contest, disability, disability culture, iFactor, Lake Joe, music, music therapy, songs, Terry Kelly, The next Canadian superstar
Written by admin2 on July 2nd, 2009
The website jaylenschallenge.org is the dream of a wonderful little 8-year-old boy named Jaylen Arnold. Jaylen suffers from Tourette Syndrome. He wants to educate people about bullying, bringing attention to the difficulties he faces in his day to day living. He hopes to make you laugh, make you cry, but most importantly make you aware that those with disabilities are not only normal—but incredibly special people. With your help and support he can spread the word and teach people to help…not bully.
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Posted in Auties & Aspies, Campaign Watch, Irked Videos, QuIrked Kids | No Responses » Tags: anxiety, asperger's syndrome, Barack Obama, bullying, disability, family, friendship, funny, germaphobia, humour, identity, Jaylen Arnold, Jaylen Arnold's Tourette's challenge, jaylenschallenge.org, medication, obsessive compulsive disorder, Oprah Winfrey, President Obama, self-esteem, The Jonas Brothers, tics, Tourette's Syndrome
Written by admin2 on July 1st, 2009
It isn’t often that a distinguished (and paying!) job opportunity comes along specifically targeting “people who have been touched by homelessness.”
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Posted in Bum Deal, Campaign Watch | No Responses » Tags: After homelessness..., contest, David Diamond, disability culture, headlines theatre, homeless, job opportunity, mental health, mental illness, theatre
Written by admin2 on June 30th, 2009
What would it be like to be a physician with a major mental illness? You would have all the challenges of medical practice complicated by moods that swung from high to low and back again. What if you were also struggling to be a husband and a father?
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Posted in Books & Book Reviews, The UpDown Report | No Responses » Tags: anxiety, Benjamin Diven, bipolar, Closing the Chasm the book, depression, Dr. Benjamin Diven, family, medication, mental illness, parenting, psychiatrist
Written by admin2 on June 29th, 2009
Mission Nutrition
by Stuart Baker-Brown
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Posted in Stuart Baker-Brown | No Responses » Tags: depression, food, medication, mental illness, Mission Nutrition, Rebecca Collis-Lealman, schizophrenia, serotonin, stress, Stuart Baker-Brown
Written by admin2 on June 26th, 2009
“Hot Topics” after the jump…
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Written by admin2 on June 26th, 2009
“When you’re angry at the rabbi, you won’t say Amen.”
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Written by admin2 on June 25th, 2009
Posted in Uncategorized | No Responses » Tags: AARP, aging, dementia, family, grief, interfaith, love, Marc Howard Wilson, parenting, rabbi
Written by admin2 on June 24th, 2009
Posted in Campaign Watch | No Responses » Tags: 2009 Abilities Arts Festival, Alan Shain, art, Bill Shannon, contest, David Roche, disability, disability culture, film, Jeff Moyer, LazyLegz, Luca Patuelli, Tekki Lomnicki, Terry Kelly, William Shannon
Written by admin2 on June 24th, 2009
Posted in Auties & Aspies, Lewis Schofield, QuIrked Kids | No Responses » Tags: alphabet souperintendent, asperger's syndrome, autism, autistic spectrum, friendship, identity, Lewis Schofield, Medal of Perseverance, myasthenia gravis, photography, self-esteem, surgery, thymectomy
