http://www.doitmyselfblog.com Your Accessibility Conscience Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:08:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yesterday I was interviewed via email by CBC Radio about “Social Media and the Paralympics”. It was to air this morning on CBC’s Early Edition. However, my interview responses were cut from show, which raises a larger question about traditional media and representation of people with disabilities. First, ... http://www.doitmyselfblog.com/2010/traditional-media-versus-social-media-coverage-of-the-paralympics/ Today I was interviewed via email by CBC Radio about “Social Media and the Paralympics”. Perhaps my post The Paralympics: Challenging Social Media to Respond Where Traditional Media Fails Athletes with Disabilities got their attention. The interview, in some form, will air ... http://www.doitmyselfblog.com/2010/breaking-news-interviewed-by-cbc-radio/ Presented as part of the Cultural Olympiad, Kickstart Disability arts & culture is hosting the groundbreaking exhibition “Out From Under: Disability, History & Things” that pays tribute to “the resilience, creativity and cultural contributions of Canadians with disabilities”. The exhibition is on now until Sunday, March 21st at the ... http://www.doitmyselfblog.com/2010/people-with-disabilities-arent-quite-out-from-under/ Early Saturday morning Darrell and I dragged ourselves from our warm bed and made our way out to the University of British Columbia’s Thunderbird Arena for the first Paralympics Ice Sledge Hockey game – Canada v Italy. Ignoring my fever and potential bronchitis, I donned my official ... http://www.doitmyselfblog.com/2010/from-watching-gold-to-touching-gold-at-the-paralympics/ The Olympic Winter Games may be over, but the Paralympics are just beginning! (Yes, it’s still winter even though the trees are already in full bloom. Gotta love winter in Vancouver!) Even though the Paralympic celebrations are significantly scaled back from the pandemonium seen during the Olympics, there’s ... http://www.doitmyselfblog.com/2010/the-paralympics-challenging-social-media-to-respond-where-traditional-media-fails-athletes-with-disabilities/ Film critic Roger Ebert has battled thyroid and salivary gland cancer and, in the process, has lost his ability to drink, eat and speak. He now communicates like I do: using text-to-speech software. Watching Oprah interview Ebert on Tuesday, I witnessed what I have often felt while using ... http://www.doitmyselfblog.com/2010/a-lesson-learned-from-roger-ebert/ Do you know how many times I’ve heard, “'You’re so lucky! I have always wanted to <fill in the blank>”? That blank may be write a book, visit Harpo Studios (or home base of another idol), watch the RCMP Musical Ride and countless other aspirations. Luck? Luck ... http://www.doitmyselfblog.com/2010/living-life-fully-whats-luck-got-to-do-with-it/ Yesterday afternoon, amidst a wintery downpour, Darrell and I headed back to Surrey’s Celebration Site; this time to meet Mom in line in hopes of getting tickets to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Musical Ride. We succeeded! We enjoyed! Thanks to Surrey’s Mayor Diane Watts, our Holland Park ... http://www.doitmyselfblog.com/2010/gold-goes-to-surrey-and-holland-park/ Wow, what an incredible night for Canada! Figure skaters Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir made history by winning the first ever gold medal in ice dance for Canada, for North America! I held my breath during their amazing program; more nervous than they were. Watching them skate their flawless ... http://www.doitmyselfblog.com/2010/what-is-your-olympic-soundtrack/ Saturday afternoon - yet another beautiful day during the first ever Spring Olympics! – found us back at Holland Park. This time we went to see the Kee-Gigg K9 Agility Team. I shot this rough video to share the experience with you, my readers. These dogs (and their ... http://www.doitmyselfblog.com/2010/saturday-afternoon-went-to-the-dogs/