If you're a minor and your parents don't want you to get vaccinated, the mature minor policy means you can override them and get the jabs yourself so long as you demonstrate informed consent: www.healthlinkbc.ca/healthlinkbc...

i am deeply troubled by the media’s reluctance to cover the rise of conversion therapy activism in the U.S. and hope that future coverage of this ruling focuses on how it could further popularize what some U.S. states and other countries consider to be cruel and inhumane treatments

A day later he found me later and I showed him the video he’s been wearing his helmet ever since and we say hi almost everyday.

Kid cyclists need examples like this and we need to be that for them.

1 kid who rides to school nearly got hit the other week by a car that ran the sign, report filed, no helmet either. The admin team was able to get a message to his parents and the kid was talked to.

I’m just as concerned about the lack of helmets that I see on kids and their blatant disregard for safety.

But it’s critical that cyclists communicate, there are so many ways to do it.

I joke about how many police file #’s I have because drivers run or roll through stop signs, which is why I record my rides and have nearly killed/injured the kids and I plus other cyclists in the area.

The school zones are a dangerous place and when we ride, we go between the road with traffic and the sidewalks when we reach a specific point.

And since this is Bluesky, where local issues get zero traction, let’s try tagging: @pattibacchus.bsky.social @reddyforchange.bsky.social @richardsonyvr.bsky.social @bcsta.bsky.social @bceducationmatters.bsky.social @lisabeare.bsky.social @vancouverdpac.bsky.social
#vanpoli #bced

I hope the people of Vancouver will take care when voting for trustees in the 2026 election. Start preparing now to get rid of the ABC figure heads that sit on the board (literally just sit), and let’s elect some change makers who actually want to do the job. vancouver.ca/guides/votin...

He has since deleted the post, but not before revealing these names of advocates to 5000 or more people who viewed it. He has also put forward a motion that this kind of accessible advocacy (letter template campaigns facilitated by the district PAC) be discontinued.

This lack of familiarity can certainly be understood as a substantial contributing factor fueling the proliferation of disability euphemisms such as “special needs," "handicapable," and "unique abilities."””

#adhd #Autism #AutismAcceptance #disability

Disability
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Disability is not a bad word: having a disability is what allows people access to services and supports. It’s written into our Laws.

“Contrary to popular belief, the prefix “dis” does not denote something negative but refers to “another way of being.”