Re posted from www.metroblenznewssquad.com

Many times we are just to hard on ourselves or the media likes to berate us, not seeing things in a bigger picture. Matt Kieltyka was writing today that while Vancouver is pretty accessible, its not that inclusive.

This community is one of the most accessible cities in the world and we got there because of our hero’s, Terry Fox and Rick Hansen.

We are followers of great examples and these paralympians are the next example to lead us into inclusion. I have seen numerous examples of it in just the past few days by acts of reaching out, being present, involved and engaging with those amongst us who are physically and mentally challenged.

We are doing this because we are being confronted by the courage to over come everyday through the examples we are seeing. But it didn’t didn’t just happen today, for the past decade the Coast Mental Health Foundation has staged “the courage to come back” awards.

This community is being very well coached on inclusion, thank you very much and in April this year we will get another lesson from those awards. We are a community working very hard on inclusion.

BC is a world leader in accessibility and working very hard to be the same at inclusion. So if you doubt us, take a moment to look closely at us and you will see a community that leads by its commitment to volunteering. We can do anything, just watch us.

See you tomorrow,

David Hutchison david@transitionsadvertising.com

David Hutchison is President of Transitions Advertising www.transitionsadvertising.com Canada’s creative voice of seniors advertising. David is Board President of Promoting a Culture of Peace for Children Society of BC www.wartoystopeaceart.com