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Tag Archives: Woodlands
Counting… The Day of Mourning and the Disability Clothesline
By Emma Van der Klift On March 1st of every year for the last three, a small group of activists – mostly activists with disabilities – have gathered together at Woodland’s Memorial Gardens in New Westminster, BC. The Gardens are … Continue reading
Posted in ableism, Activist, ASAN, Disability Day of Mourning
Tagged ASAN Vancouver, Broadreach Training, Canadian Autistics United (CAU), Catherine Frazee, CAU, Conversations that Matter, Disability Clothesline, Disability Day of Mourning, Emma Van der Klift, filicide, murder, Samantha Connor, vigil, Woodland’s Memorial Gardens, Woodlands
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Disability Day of Mourning: The Loss of Innocence
A few weeks back I asked H if he would like to attend the ASAN Vancouver Disability Day of Mourning Vigil with me on March 1st, at the Woodlands Memorial Gardens in New Westminster, BC. He asked what the vigil … Continue reading
Posted in ableism, Activist, Advocacy, ASAN, autism stigma, Autistic, Boycott Autism Speaks, Death, Disability, Grief, prejudice, Rail Against Stigma
Tagged #DDoM2016, Activism, Alanna Rose Whitney, Amythest Schaber, ASAN Vancouver, Corbet O'Toole, Disability Day of Mourning, Emma Van der Klift, murder, Norman Kunc, The loss of innocence, Woodlands
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“Stop…” A Poem: Disability Day of Mourning 2016
Today I share this poem, originally published in June 2013, to witness and remember the lives of Disabled people killed by their parents and caregivers… Stop.. Stop These words of … Continue reading
Posted in ableism, ASAN, Boycott Autism Speaks, Death, Disability Day of Mourning, family, Rail Against Stigma
Tagged ableism, ASAN, ASAN Vancouver, Autism Speaks, burden, charity, crisis, cure, Day of Mourning, deficit based, Epidemic, filicide, in Memory of Alex Spourdalakis, murder, My life is not tragic, No More, not broken, poem, silencing, the lives of disabled people have value, Tragedy, Witnesses, Woodlands, Woodlands Asylum
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“No More”: ASAN Vancouver Disability Day of Mourning
The following is a guest post, composed of the speech written by Norman Kunc and Emma Van der Klift, and spoken by Norman Kunc, for the ASAN 2015 Disability Day of Mourning. The vigil was held in the Woodlands Memorial … Continue reading
Posted in ableism, acceptance, ASAN, Autism, Death, Norman Kunc
Tagged Amythest Schaber, ASAN, ASAN Vancouver, Day of Mourning, Emma Van der Klift, Mel Baggs, murder, My life is not tragic, No More, Norman Kunc, the lives of disabled people have value, Witnesses, Woodlands, Woodlands Asylum
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Ghosts of the Asylum in Spring… a look back at exclusion and abuse
Woodlands was constructed in NewWesminster in 1878 and was closed in the 1980s. Though the signage I read said 1996 – so I am not certain about the closure. It was an asylum for those with ‘developmental disabilities and the … Continue reading
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