Category: Community News

  • HeadStrong for Life is our newest sponsor

    Listen to this post: We are so very proud and excited to announce the newest sponsor of “Who Am I To Stop It” is HeadStrong for Life! Check out the post on this blog from April 9, 2014 about when I got to be part of HeadStrong’s presentation on meaningful projects and activities at the…

  • Disability Visibility Project partnership with StoryCorps

    Listen to this post: A lot of people have asked about my business name. It’s StoryMinders. I like the play on words with minding a story and having a story about the mind. But, honestly, I get antsy around the word “story.” In the brain injury community it seems to refer to the date, time, location,…

  • Dumb: A comic about a voice gone missing

    Listen to this post: If there’s one “compliment” that irks me, it’s when extroverted disabled people or people with access and resources are called The Voice For The Voiceless when they talk about disability rights, justice or inclusion. (Note: I put “compliment” in quotation marks because that’s how I show that it’s intended to be…

  • The Tangled Ones A 20-something living with AVM blog

    Listen to this post: How do people actually find each other? I think this to myself every time I’m on an airplane, flying over a city and observing the seemingly endless expanse of buildings with people coming in and out of them. The tiny toy cars are streaming down streets and highways. Look at all…

  • Spotlight on Disability Film Festivals: Picture this…film festival

    Listen to this post: High fives all around! I’ve managed to alert you to an upcoming film festival in plenty of time to both attend it and even submit your film to the 2015 competition! I know I will be submitting a short to this one. The Picture this…film festival is part of the Calgary SCOPE…