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Celebrating and Spreading the Love on Valentine’s Day

You should cherish your loved ones every day, but Valentine’s Day is a good day to bring people together to spread the love to everyone (and a good excuse...

A Spotlight on Inclusive Employment

Getting a head start on the journey to a fulfilling career! As a recent news article states, the attitude toward hiring persons with developmental disabilities is slowly changing. Employers...

White Paper Dialogues: B.C. government asks community how to reduce barriers, increase accessibility

– By Aamir Sheriff “Government policy that outlines universal and accessible design requirements for buildings, homes, street, stores and the general infrastructure of cities would help reduce costs in...

Recognizing Hard Working Team Members at the “Believe. Empower. Inspire” Awards

The Believe. Empower. Inspire Awards recognize team members at posAbilities for their hard work and dedication. This year, Donald House received the Empower award and Gino Chittattu received the Inspire award – congratulations!...

In The House: “Golden Oldies Cabaret” – A Review by Spotlight Jake

Join Spotlight Jake, posAbilities’ arts correspondent, on this musical journey as he checks out the Golden Oldies Cabaret! This was the last of a series of performances organized by In...

It is part of me, but I don’t feel it’s all of me: Exploring disability and identity

By Caitlin Dawson “As much as I see myself as a person with special needs, I definitely see that as part of who I am, not all of who...

posAbilities Top News Stories for 2013

Contributed by Monique Nelson, Director of Community Engagement for posAbilities Today! In the year 2013, posAbilities engaged its communities using social media in a very meaningful way. We shared...

Celebrating the joy of the holiday season with “Amazing Grace”

In the spirit of the season, we are re-posting a heartwarming story about a family we are privileged to know. This is truly their season! Last December, Josh Rimer...

Spotlight Jake shines a light on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Spotlight Jake, posAbilities’ arts correspondent extraordinaire, is back with a report from the City of Vancouver’s extravaganza for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities! This annual community event...

Season’s Greetings, from posAbilities!

It’s that magical time of year again, when cold dark nights are brightened with tinsel and fairy lights and many of us reflect on the year gone by. posAbilities...

Stage Door PSA urges public to see past labels, celebrates UN’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Caitlin Dawson ‘Once you label me, you negate me,’ wrote the philosopher Soren Kierkegaard almost two centuries ago. Today, when it comes to seeing personality and individuality as opposed...

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