Mom, Disability advocate, and Barton Tutor for Dyslexia, with a side of ❤️ for wholistic living.
Edmonton
Joined September 2012
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Mercedes retweeted
Men don't belong in women's sports #IStandWithAngelaCarini
Let's get it trending 🔥
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This is the face of a woman forced into fighting a male by #olympicgames rules that harm women. Shame on the International Olympic Federation @iocmedia The darkest day for women’s sport. IOC sanctioned male violence against women. Angela Carini has been cheated out of her Olympic Dreams.
#SaveWomensSports
#FairSafeEqual
#IStandWithAngelaCarini
Mercedes retweeted
What I saw.
A woman getting hit SO hard, in the head, by a man, that she wisely chose to stop it, because she KNEW if she didn’t, she’d be seriously injured or worse.
Blood, sweat, tears, training, dreams…shattered….
The ABSOLUTE STATE of this…@iocmedia
Angela Carini. 💔❤️
Mercedes retweeted
How each province and territory got its name:
British Columbia:
Originally, the southern portion of the province was named for the Columbia River. The central region was named New Caledonia.
To avoid confusion with Colombia, Queen Victoria named it British Columbia in 1858.
Mercedes retweeted
It takes a certain amount of audacity and ableism to exclude disability from diversity.
Mercedes retweeted
Accessibility IS possible.
@michaeljanz
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Mercedes retweeted
Today I witnessed a senior with a cane fall and another with a walker struggle immensely. Both were trying to cross a snow covered boulevard to get to a vehicle. I see this often in winter. It's almost like city planners assumed only able bodied people need to get to a vehicle.
Mercedes retweeted
Disabled people don’t have “special” needs.
Disabled people don’t need “special” education.
Disabled people don’t need “special” transportation.
By conflating “special” and “disabled,” ableism assigned a burden to disability.
Disabled people need access and accommodation.
Mercedes retweeted
As someone who is neurodivergent - & was only diagnosed with ADHD recently - I know the long term impact of late diagnoses on mental health.
Young people today deserve action to cut waiting times & improve screening so we can ensure early diagnosis of all neurodiverse conditions
Mercedes retweeted
My favourite moment from #Yeg election was watching my daughter Taisa walk into the voting station like she owned the place 😂 She was super excited to vote for @AmarjeetSohiYEG
#Inclusion & belonging. An Edmonton for everyone 💛 #Yegcc #Disability
Mercedes retweeted
Am I gonna have to run for premier of Alberta? My dead mother could do a better job.
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This First Person article is a letter to an unvaccinated patient on life support from Raiyan Chowdhury, an intensive care doctor at Edmonton's Royal Alexandra Hospital. cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/…
Mercedes retweeted
This one made me cry.
I was over the MOON that @OmarMouallem had arranged for @petermansbridge to be at our @PandemicSchool “grad,” but this personal message means so much to me.
Thank you ever so much!!
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Mercedes retweeted
All I can do at this point is have tears of joy & be slightly overwhelmed at all of these videos & messages. Hundreds.
This one is from man, the myth, the legend: Johnny Rose (Eugene Levy)
Thank you for this, Mr. Levy. Your encouraging words make hospice more tolerable.
@JulieRohrYEG more ♥️♥️ coming to you from @Realeugenelevy @SchittsCreek
Thank you @karenrobinson01
#welovejulierohr