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People With Disabilities

Living Is More Than Just Not Dying

Anne Day | Posted 08.18.2012 | Canada Living
Read More: Survival Tips, Breast Cancer, Car Accidents, Death, People With Disabilities, Recovery, Thriving During Difficult Times, Benefits to Struggling, Canada Living News
Anne Day

Melissa was 22 when she was involved in a car accident in Savanah. She has spent the last eight years recovering, graduating from a wheelchair to crutches, to now walking on her own. Turning her tragedy into something positive has kept Melissa going, helping her to thrive, not just survive.

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Dispatches From Down East: Think Before You Insult Someone.

Lori Gard | Posted 07.25.2012 | Canada
Read More: Disability Parking Zones, Shopping, Prince Edward Island, People With Disabilities, Canada News
Lori Gard

Recently, I sadly listened to Melissa Scott, a Prince Edward Islander with spina bifida, recount in an online radio interview the story of a recent shopping experience gone wrong. She parked her car in the handicap spot, and despite the permit hanging in her vehicle, came back to find a note that read: "You are not handicapped. You are obese."

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Why Do We Ignore Those With Disabilities?

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 10.03.2011 | Canada
Read More: Disability Stigma, Disabled, People With Disabilities, Disability, Disabled Access, Health Care, Deaf, Nora Groce, Canada News
Craig and Marc Kielburger

In our work abroad, we've seen the incredible challenges that those with disabilities face in developing countries. Many children with learning and physical disabilities face corporal punishment in a school that sees kids with disabilities as people who simply don't work hard enough.

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