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AEBC Member Penny Bennett Inductee to the Canadian Disability Hall of Fame
We are so pleased to share the news that AEBC Member, Penny Bennett, has been chosen as one of three individuals this year to be inducted...
Jul 10, 2024
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Talking Automatic Teller Machines: An Accessibility Milestone for the Blind
By Linda Bartram Most Canadians take Automatic Teller Machines (ATM) for granted these days and even those of us who rely on talking ATM...
Jun 20, 2024
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Be My AI: What a Find!
By Linda Bartram I discovered a relatively new feature on my iPhone recently. I have used “Be My Eyes” for years, calling occasionally to...
Jun 17, 2024
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National AccessAbility Week: Employers Must Bust This Myth!
By Linda Bartram Myth # 4: People who are blind can't work. Reality: With training and opportunity, people who are blind can indeed...
May 31, 2024
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National AccessAbility Week: A Myth We Actually Wish Was a Reality
By Linda Bartram Myth # 3: Most blind people read braille. It would be good if this was not a myth but the reality is that very few...
May 30, 2024
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National Accessibility Week: Busting Myth #2
By Linda Bartram Myth # 2: If someone is blind, they can’t see anything at all. Untrue!! Very few people who are blind (under 20%) live...
May 29, 2024
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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