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A Nip in the Butt Prompts Action
It has been just over seven months since the Grand Bizet passed from this world, and I experienced the grief that follows such a loss. The impact of losing this amazing, most handsome, four-footed,...
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The Status Quo Must Go
The status quo must go. Our future needs to be defined by ourselves, people who are blind, deaf-blind or partially sighted. Continue reading →
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Can non-profit service providers sometimes cause more harm than good?
As the Canadian public debates the Government’s promise to support the right to die legislation, there is another conversation taking place in our community: Do we as blind, deaf-blind and partially...
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Imagine
We must be able to independently review our bank statements and credit card bills, lines of credit, telecommunications fees, contractual terms and conditions, side effects of prescriptions and more....
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Blind Canadians are Taxpayers!
I awoke this morning to a future that will be much different than what I had envisioned as early as yesterday morning, and I wanted it to be a bad dream. Sadly, it was not. When blind people work...
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Air Canada, a Caribbean Journey and a Sad Goodbye!
I recently returned from a vacation in Barbados and Granada with my husband Ian. As with all of my holidays with Ian, I thoroughly enjoyed the time we had together being old children on the islands....
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Employment and Social Development Canada – Accessible Canada Consultation
This submission will endeavour to outline my observations from my lived experience as a business person and blind consumer rights holder for an anticipated new Accessibility legislation. Continue...
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One Woman’s PERSPECTIVE on Mainstream Accessibility
Like most business sectors, Canadian publishers have been challenged to adjust their business models to reflect the evolving economic and technological realities of doing business in a modern digital...
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Keeping the ‘public’ in library services
Public library collections should be accessible and available to everyone. Continue reading →
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Willful Blindness – A Matter of Good Governance
Willful blindness is what is manifested in government and the corporate world today: it is the ignorance of the fact digital accessibility negates the need for specialized services targeting blind,...
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