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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...

Four orgs partner to scale promising efforts that build social capital

McConnell Foundation grant highlights effort’s possibilities By Michelle Strutzenberger Four organizations working with people who have a disability have united to intentionally create and scale efforts to build social capital in...

Group art projects build community

Alternative Creations Studio to feature art in ninth annual posAbilities art show By Michelle Strutzenberger The power of group art struck home for Alternative Creations Studio a couple of years ago...

Disney princesses add fun to fundraiser for autism supports

Inaugural open house heightens awareness of autism services’ reach, languages capability By Michelle Strutzenberger Though a blanket of rain hung heavy through the day, the creative and fun-loving spirits of a...

Collaboration brings mixed-income families together

Collaboration brings mixed-income families together Clothes Encounters event creates connections, helps those in need Deron Hamel Through a collaborative effort called Clothes Encounters, posAbilities’ Aegis West Day Program and the New Westminster...

Planting another seed for community

Can You Dig It helps create 31st community garden in the Lower Mainland By Michelle Strutzenberger A pile of wood, a pile of soil, a pile of woodchips and a few...

Laurel lights up new website

PosAbilities gears up for parenting programs, autism walk By Natalie Hamilton It’s an exciting fall for Laurel Behaviour Support Services (LBSS). LBSS is unveiling a new website, preparing for a series...

Former Woodlands resident relishes his freedom

Richard McDonald hopes his book on living in two B.C. institutions will help keep history from repeating itself By Michelle Strutzenberger Freedom is what Richard McDonald speaks of first when he...

Festival giving arts a ‘Kickstart’

Artistic director hopes to inspire artists, form national arts network By Natalie Hamilton A British Columbia organization is hoping to ‘Kickstart’ the dreams of aspiring artists and instigate a national arts...

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