Chronicles

Self-Advocacy, Communication, & Attaining Individual Freedom →

November 15, 2020 Rebekah P.

Self-advocacy for me looks a lot like communication between my healthcare team, insurances, pharmacists and my social system. My social system includes people like patient assistance managers, but it also includes my parents. Sometimes it can include social workers who are employed by hospitals or insurance companies. Making sure we are all on the same page and that my medical treatment is available and affordable, on top of managing daily life is a big part of my own autonomy and individual freedom as a disabled female.

Land Acknowledgement

As a platform operated by a Métis woman, this acknowledgment is to lift up the sacred diversity of the original First Peoples and caretakers of this land that we live, work, and thrive on in Taranton, Toronteau, and T’karonto.

We acknowledge we operate on the traditional territory of many nations, including the Attawanderons, the Huron-Wendat, the Anishinaabeg, the Mississaugas of the Credit, and Haudenosaunee. All are home to the Dish With One Spoon—a treaty based on stewardship, reciprocal sharing, and sophisticated governance and healing practices, and is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island, including First Nations, Inuit, and Métis.

We acknowledge that we are all treaty people and accept our responsibility to honour all our relations.

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