#AbLeg
Dear diary,
I know no matter what, I must put my feelings aside and never be aggressive to a person. It's part of being a service dog.
But right now I wish I was allowed to take a big crap on the steps of the #AlbertaLegislature to show my disgust. The humans ... 1/9
Dear diary,
I know no matter what, I must put my feelings aside and never be aggressive to a person. It's part of being a service dog.
But right now I wish I was allowed to take a big crap on the steps of the #AlbertaLegislature to show my disgust. The humans ... 1/9
that have the privilege to represent #Alberta citizens are preaching #inclusion and promising to tear down #barriers and tackle systemic #discrimination are the same people that let my mistress slip through the cracks and are why we live in nearly complete #segregation from...2/9
our community. They claim to promote #inclusion and #independence of the disabled with their tax payer funded program to provide essential #mobility equipment, like the power wheelchair my mistress needs so we can leave our home without human assistance. More than a year...3/9
has passed since she lost both legs and with minimal use of one hand she can't stop a manual chair on a slope. Yet this is the loaner equipment she was provided with until she could go through the process to be approved for a power one. STILL WAITING! If it weren't for the ...4/9
kindness of other humans we could never go to a store, the doctor or even take me for a walk. She wouldn't be able to keep me. Inclusion means providing the support and tools so that everyone can be part of, and tearing down the barriers that segregate them. How can our ...5/9
Government claim to care about #inclusion when their own programs leave people segregated? I've watched my mistress email various #MLAs including @RajanJSaw the Minister of Community and Social Services who looks after inclusion of the disabled, and not even receive...6/9
an acknowledgment. She wrote the opposition Health Critic @DShepYEG to request advocacy and recieved no response. Meanwhile they claim to support #inclusion and promise to address #discrimination yet take no steps to address this issue. It's as though both parties believe...7/9
that #disabled #Albertans are not a priority and can be left with tools for mobility, after all, disabled folks don't need to go anywhere. We use prisons because #segregation is punitive yet this is how our elected officials treat the #disabled in #Alberta. They ignore 8/9
the voices of vulnerable, marginalized people while they attend marches and parades. Is that for show? If not, why are they not taking action? Why are we still unable to be included in our society? They ignore the voices of disabled people. I will bark until someone hears!
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