Par Michael Bach et Laurie Beachell

(Cet article a d’abord été publié dans l’Ottawa Citizen du 14 avril 2014.)

La question de  handicap  était d’abord et avant tout une question personnelle pour Jim Flaherty.  Dans un article pour le bulletin de l’Association canadienne pour l’intégration communautaire, il avait écrit au sujet de son fils, atteint de déficience intellectuelle :

"Flaherty a champion for the disabled"

By Michael J. Prince

(Michael J. Prince is Lansdowne Professor of Social Policy at the University of Victoria and member of the social policy committee of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities.)

Dr. Prince has written a commentary, "Flaherty a champion for the disabled", about the work of the late Hon. Jim Flaherty, which was published in the Times Colonist.
 

By Michael Bach and Laurie Beachell

(This article first appeared in the Ottawa Citizen (14 April 2014).)

Disability was first and foremost a very personal matter for Jim Flaherty. In an article for the Canadian Association for Community Living’s newsletter he wrote about his son with an intellectual disability:

27 March 2014

April 10, 2014

27 March 2014                                           

For Immediate Release

By
Jim Derksen

I am not ashamed, have learned not to be,
of my body, being different  in shape and function:
large head and stomach, crooked fingers,
thin arms and legs.

I am not embarrassed to ask for help:
to cut the meat on my plate, put on my clothes,
wash my body, lift me in and out of bed,
on and off the toilet, wipe my bum - all things I know
I can no longer do.

Certains de nos membres provinciaux célèbrent leur 40ème anniversaire.  Cette année, la Manitoba League of Persons with Disabilities et le PEI Council of People with Disabilities a franchi le cap des 40 ans. L’Alberta Committee of Citizens with Disabilities et la Saskatchewan Voice of People with Disabilities l’ont franchi en 2013.  Il est donc temps de célébrer, de nous pencher sur le passé pour mieux construire notre avenir.

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© Sa Majesté la Reine du Chef du Canada, représentée par le Ministre du Patrimoine canadien et des Langues officielles, 2014
No de catalogue CH37-4/19-2013F-PDF
ISBN 978-1-100-99918-0

Some of our provincial member groups are celebrating their 40th anniversary.  This year, the Manitoba League of Persons with Disabilities and the PEI Council of People with Disabilities hit the big 40!  In 2013, Alberta Committee of Citizens with Disabilities and the Saskatchewan Voice of People with Disabilities passed this milestone.  So, it is time to celebrate, reflect on our roots and consider our future.