I have multiple disabilities but the ones I want to talk about in relation to Virtual Reality are specifically my physical disabilities, and my mental health and wellness. I was not physically disabled until 2008, and pre-disability? I was a…
Tag: #Accessibility
Story time (more of these to come soon)
Accessibility is not always what it seems. A few years ago, when I was a full-time wheelchair user, my wife and I decided to go out for lunch. We called a sushi place that we wanted to try, just to…
Why “going back to normal” should not be the goal
A lot of people in the disability community are talking about what life after the pandemic might look like for us. Yes, everyone wants to know what it will look like around masking, “vaccination passports”, traveling, etc. but the burning…
Disability and Accommodation
This is an unplanned follow up on my last blog post about employment and disability. Today I was surfing the internet and came across this tweet from user @stephshantz (Steph Shantz): “I had two people tell me today that if…
My Thoughts on Seeking Employment with Disability
I have touched on this topic in relation to Tourette syndrome and disclosure in THIS POST but I wanted to write a more in-depth post about employment and disability in general. In 2017, Statistics Canada completed a survey that found…
E-bikes and why I think they should not just be banned
I am seeing a lot of news articles around e-bikes and how they are being banned in cities both in Canada and the USA, and every time I see one of those articles it breaks my heart a little bit…