By Annaham on 7 December, 2010
Cheryl at Finding my Way: On Privilege, Again It was after this that the almost imperceptible freak out occurred. What am I going to do when it snows? How am I going to get food this winter? People / the county just don’t shovel sidewalks very well and it’s too far to roll in the [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged chronic pain, creative work, daily life, diabetes, justice, justice system, mental health, mental illness, music, police, police officers, policy, privilege, weather
By Chally on 22 July, 2010
Question Time is a series in which we open up the floor to you, commenters. We invite you to share as you feel comfortable. Well, we’re getting well into winter here and different bits of me are aching. Winter is not my fun time. My questions to you are: do you have problems with the [...]
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By Anna on 6 November, 2009
o me, this is “Yay! snow!”
To Don, this is “Well, I guess I’m not going out anymore until spring.”
We live in a really shite neighbourhood for snow-clearing. Although our landlord is excellent about keeping the snow and ice off the area in front of our building, there are two places on either side of us that aren’t. One is a business, so I’m not sure what’s up there. The other is a private residence, and there’s a variety of reasons that could be happening, including that the person living there may have a disability and/or be a senior and be unable to clear their walks.
Posted in 101, social attitudes | Tagged social inclusion, weather, wheelchair, wheelchair user
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