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This National AccessAbility Week, Let’s Bust Some Myths About Blindness
By Linda Bartram Myth # 1 – People who are blind have super hearing. We don’t!! We do not hear any better or worse than sighted folks. We...
May 28, 2024
Canadians living with disabilities deserve better than federal budget's 'paltry' $200 per month increase
By David Lepofsky Reproduced from Metroland published article: https://www.toronto.com/opinion/columns/canadians-living-with-disabilities...
May 28, 2024
Protected Bike Lanes with Mid-Block Bus Stops Now Proven to be a Danger to Blind Bus Riders
By Linda Bartram In the two articles “Protected Bike Lanes Endanger Blind Bus Riders” and “More Protected Bike Lanes Threaten to Endanger...
May 8, 2024
Another Member is gone
It is with sadness that we confirm what some of you already know—that David Greenfield, a lifetime member from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,...
Apr 29, 2024
Another side of Paul
By Diana Brent As most of you are aware, we sadly lost a long-time member and supporter of the Alliance For Equality of Blind Canadians —...
Apr 29, 2024
Kelowna's not listening to blind Kelowna woman's concerns about bus stop
Reprinted from infonews.ca https://infotel.ca/newsitem/in-video-kelownas-not-listening-to-blind-kelowna-womans-concerns-about-bus-stop/it...
Apr 17, 2024
New Study Finds 9 in 10 Canadians Support a Fully Funded Canada Disability Benefit
58% DON'T TRUST THE LIBERAL GOVERNMENT TO DELIVER. In a survey conducted by the Angus Reid Institute (ARI), in partnership with Daily...
Apr 11, 2024
I Carry a Big Stick
By Linda I carry a big stick!! It just happens to be white, rigid and very long. And I refer to it as a cane, not a stick. It has been...
Feb 9, 2024
Saved By the Cane
By Vic Here is a short story where using a mobility cane helped. Some time back when I lived in Calgary, I went to a movie with a group...
Feb 9, 2024
My White Cane Story
By Robert I started using a cane in 1961, when I enrolled in a travel training program at the old Halifax School for the Blind. For two...
Feb 8, 2024
You Don't Look Blind
Here are two short stories from members on their experiences using a white cane. You Don't Look Blind By Marie Some years ago, I had to...
Feb 7, 2024
Busted in Boquete
By Ruth During the winter months of 2015/16, I decided to try wintering in Panama. I was living in Kelowna BC at the time, and not...
Feb 6, 2024
In Celebration of the White Cane
White canes are used by persons who are blind, partially sighted, and deafblind to navigate their environment safely, inform the public...
Feb 5, 2024
The Right to Optimal Literacy
By Linda Bartram I attended school during the late 50s and 60s and even though I was found to have significant vision loss at age 5, I...
Jan 4, 2024
Guide Dogs' Night Before Christmas
'Twas the night before Christmas and the kennels were still, with most dogs now asleep having eaten their fill. The Labradors sprawled...
Dec 19, 2023
Blessings Discovered at Christmas
I’m taking a risk here and sharing something quite personal, but I do it in the hope that it might help others during what some may find...
Dec 19, 2023
Perhaps Someone is Finally Listening!
By Linda Bartram Last week I attended a “field trip” to a reconstructed intersection in Victoria to see if members of the Victoria...
Dec 15, 2023
TransLink Vancouver is Canada’s first transit system to feature braille signage at all bus stops
TransLink is now the first transit system in Canada with braille signage on every bus stop to improve transit information available to...
Dec 4, 2023
Celebrating Insights and Gratitude: AEBC Member Survey Reveals Valuable Feedback
by Lee Pigeau I’m thrilled to share the results of our recent membership survey. Your participation, with 63 responses, has provided us...
Dec 4, 2023
What is ableism?
Recently, a question on our member email forum on the different terms people use such as person with a disability versus disabled versus...
Nov 29, 2023
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