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You Are Not Alone
Planning for our loved-one with a disability’s future can be intimidating and often one doesn’t know where to start or who to reach out to. Over the years we have discovered that the best way …
Read MorePartnering to Spread RDSP Awareness
On September 1st, 2016, Plan Institute, Disability Alliance of BC (DABC), and the British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society (BCANDS), with support from the Vancouver Foundation, launched a new 4-year project partnership called Access RDSP with the mandate to increase …
Read MoreQualified Disability Trusts
By Halldor K. Bjarnason & Hiva Parandian The new rules around Qualified Disability Trusts may affect the estate planning of those who have used trusts in their wills to leave inheritance for their loved-ones …
Read MoreIt’s Good to be Lost
Posted by Al Etmanski on March 2, 2017 One of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do was to not make any decisions. Not because I didn’t want to but because I didn’t …
Read MoreWorking with the Korean Community
By Bosang Lee, Executive Director of Here and Now Community Society I first discovered the book Safe and Secure: Seven Steps on the Path to a Good Life for People with Disabilities in 2012, …
Read MoreTen Innovations that have Shaped the World of Disability
By Al Etmanski In previous posts I have highlighted that social innovation is not an incremental change to the status quo but a substantive, disruptive one. Social innovations improve our ability (whether as individuals, …
Read MoreWhat a meeting between a PM and a Prez can teach you about advancing your agenda
By Al Etmanski Especially when you are meeting for the first time with people who are distracted by their own priorities and indifferent to yours. Whose worldview appears different than yours. Whose behaviour you …
Read MoreTough Love
Posted by Al Etmanski on February 9, 2017 Here’s a little Valentine’s essay for all the caring change-makers out there, especially those whose efforts are ignored or misunderstood. Marrying love with justice isn’t for …
Read MoreAccess RDSP Partnership
Since September 2016, DABC, Plan Institute and the BC Aboriginal Network on Disability Society (BCANDS) have been helping clients to access the Disability Tax Credit (DTC) and the Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP) through …
Read MoreWhere Have All the Flowers Gone?
By Al Etmanski The family arm of the disability movement that I belong to seems to be getting older. The average age of the people at the meetings or conferences I attend is getting …
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