Coco Cafe has around 33 full and part-time employees, with roughly 50 per cent having some form of a developmental disability. It’s “a place where everyone is welcome”
Is it time to winter-proof your mental health?
January 18th, 2016 | Posted by in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Is it time to winter-proof your mental health?)
Some people say mid-winter is the most depressing time of year—when cold and dark days, holiday bills, and already-lapsed new year’s resolutions catch up with us
The real deal: Honouring lived experience
January 11th, 2016 | Posted by in uncategorized - (Comments Off on The real deal: Honouring lived experience)
A panel of individuals and family members with lived experience of mental illness and/or addiction share their experiences with collaborative mental health care.
Matthew Krastel and his autistic life
January 2nd, 2016 | Posted by in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Matthew Krastel and his autistic life)
Matthew Krastel, a self-described “autism teacher”, speaks about his autistic life and shares advice with others about creating a health plan and succeeding in the school system
Dealing with holiday Grinches like stress, loneliness, and other challenges
December 8th, 2015 | Posted by in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Dealing with holiday Grinches like stress, loneliness, and other challenges)
“Tis the season that provokes difficult emotions. This can be the maddest, saddest, most stressful time of the year,” says family physician Dr. Davidicus Wong.
People living with disability throughout life are now aging, with emerging needs and issues
November 29th, 2015 | Posted by in uncategorized - (Comments Off on People living with disability throughout life are now aging, with emerging needs and issues)
Nanaimo access activist Terry Wiens has grown up with disability, lived through his adult years with that disability, and is now aging into senior years. Will his needs be met?
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