[Bev Sharpe]

The FEAT BC Discussion Group has been designed to discuss any topic relevant to home-based A.B.A. programs (including Government funding and school issues). When we use the term A.B.A., we mean discrete-trial-based interventions, also referred to as "Applied Behaviour Analysis" or "Lovaas-type" Intensive Behavioural Treatment for autism and related disorders. This is not an appropriate forum to discuss the latest, unscientific 'cure of the day.' If you would like to discuss alternative autism treatment options, please use the discussion forum hosted by the Autism Society of B.C, at http://www.autismbc.ca, or the THE AUTISM MAIL LIST.Parents, it is incumbent upon yourselves to research the data, and make the best possible treatment choice for your children.
FEATBC is dedicated to giving you information about the single most effective, science based treatment, which is Applied Behaviour Analysis.
A recent posting citing a website referencing verbal behaviour does not meet this criteria.

Beverley Sharpe
FEAT Board Member

[Bev Sharpe]

Hello and attention everyone. Civil Rights Now! will be presenting their objectives which should be of interest to anyone with a child who has autism. The following is info. about the presentation.

What is wrong in BC for people with disabilities and what can be done to make it right.

Zosia Ettenberg and the Langley

Pos-Abilities Society Present

Civil Rights Now!

Saturday November 20

1:30 to 3:30 pm

Langley Senior Centre

20605—51B Ave, Langley

Civil Rights Now! Is a not for profit, non-partisan, all volunteer society that thinks the way the government of BC delivers services to people with disabilities strips them of their freedom and dignity.

What do people with disabilities and their families need?

· Law that gives the equality provisions of the Canadian Charter practical force and effect in their daily lives.

· Law that gives every person with a disability truly-portable, sufficient-funded, consumer-driven Individualized funding.

· The ability to enforce the law by government funding of test cases involving civil rights of people with disabilities.

Civil Rights Now! is organizing a campaign to

persuade the provincial Liberals and NDP to make a commitment that if they win the next election they will put these three ideas into action.

RSVP pos-abilities@telus.net 604.961.0117

Everyone is welcome!

How you can support Civil Rights Now! http://civilrightsnow.ca/2010/09/what-can-you-do-to-support-the-civil-rights-now-campaign/

[Bev Sharpe]

Hello and attention everyone.

Civil Rights Now!, formerly Paladin Advocacy League, is a not-for-profit, 100% volunteer organization whose goals should be of interest to anyone with a child who has autism.
CRN advocates for public policy changes which will provide all Canadians with disabilities equal access to the equality provisions of our Charter.

VOTERS WITH DISABILITIES WANT CIVIL RIGHTS NOW!

Langley, BC, November 12,2010

The Langley Pos-Abilities Society is hosting a meeting for the public on Saturday, November 20, 1:30pm to 3:30pm, at the Langley Seniors Resource Centre, 20605-51B Avenue, to discuss the Civil Rights Now! campaign.

Zosia Ettenberg, the President of the Langley Pos-Abilities Society and the 2008 recipient of the Courage to Come Back Award, will be moderating the discussion with Civil Rights Now! Executive Director Paul Caune and his Board. “ I was horrified to find out how far behind BC’s legislation is compared to other Western countries,” said Ettenberg.

Civil Rights Now! is a not for profit, non-partisan, all volunteer society that thinks the way the government of BC delivers services to voters with disabilities strips them of their freedom and dignity.

Civil Rights Now! is organizing a campaign to persuade the provincial Liberals and NDP and other parties to make a commitment that if they win the next election they will pass legislation to truly empower voters with disabilities.

The Langley Pos-Abilities Society is hosting a meeting for the public on Saturday, November 20, 1:30pm to 3:30pm, at the Langley Seniors Resource Centre, 20605-51B Avenue to discuss the Civil Rights Now! campaign.

Civil Rights Now! website http://civilrightsnow.ca/

[Bev Sharpe]

Hello and attention everyone.

Civil Rights Now!, formerly Paladin Advocacy League, is a not-for-profit, 100% volunteer organization whose goals should be of interest to anyone with a child who has autism.
CRN advocates for public policy changes which will provide all Canadians with disabilities equal access to the equality provisions of our Charter.

VOTERS WITH DISABILITIES WANT CIVIL RIGHTS NOW!

Langley, BC, November 12,2010

The Langley Pos-Abilities Society is hosting a meeting for the public on Saturday, November 20, 1:30pm to 3:30pm, at the Langley Seniors Resource Centre, 20605-51B Avenue, to discuss the Civil Rights Now! campaign.

Zosia Ettenberg, the President of the Langley Pos-Abilities Society and the 2008 recipient of the Courage to Come Back Award, will be moderating the discussion with Civil Rights Now! Executive Director Paul Caune and his Board. “ I was horrified to find out how far behind BC’s legislation is compared to other Western countries,” said Ettenberg.

Civil Rights Now! is a not for profit, non-partisan, all volunteer society that thinks the way the government of BC delivers services to voters with disabilities strips them of their freedom and dignity.

Civil Rights Now! is organizing a campaign to persuade the provincial Liberals and NDP and other parties to make a commitment that if they win the next election they will pass legislation to truly empower voters with disabilities.

The Langley Pos-Abilities Society is hosting a meeting for the public on Saturday, November 20, 1:30pm to 3:30pm, at the Langley Seniors Resource Centre, 20605-51B Avenue to discuss the Civil Rights Now! campaign.

Civil Rights Now! website http://civilrightsnow.ca/

[Bev Sharpe]

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message By Bev Sharpe (Sharpe) on Monday, May 24, 2010 – 12:31 pm:

This Wednesday, May 26th. Paul Caune, executive director of Paladin Advocacy League (PAL) and Jean Lewis, former FEAT of BC director and co-founder of Medicare for Autism Now, will be guests on the Bill Good Show. They can be heard between 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. on CKNW 980 AM. Please tune in to hear Paul and Jean describe the events which inspired the creation of PAL, and how PAL intends to advocate for the rights of all British Columbians with disabilities. If you can, call in and join the discussion.

Beverley

[Bev Sharpe]

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message By Bev Sharpe (Sharpe) on Monday, May 24, 2010 – 12:31 pm:

This Wednesday, May 26th. Paul Caune, executive director of Paladin Advocacy League (PAL) and Jean Lewis, former FEAT of BC director and co-founder of Medicare for Autism Now, will be guests on the Bill Good Show. They can be heard between 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. on CKNW 980 AM. Please tune in to hear Paul and Jean describe the events which inspired the creation of PAL, and how PAL intends to advocate for the rights of all British Columbians with disabilities. If you can, call in and join the discussion.

Beverley

[Bev Sharpe]

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message By Bev Sharpe (Sharpe) on Monday, May 24, 2010 – 12:31 pm:

This Wednesday, May 26th. Paul Caune, executive director of Paladin Advocacy League (PAL) and Jean Lewis, former FEAT of BC director and co-founder of Medicare for Autism Now, will be guests on the Bill Good Show. They can be heard between 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. on CKNW 980 AM. Please tune in to hear Paul and Jean describe the events which inspired the creation of PAL, and how PAL intends to advocate for the rights of all British Columbians with disabilities. If you can, call in and join the discussion.

Beverley

[Bev Sharpe]

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message By Bev Sharpe (Sharpe) on Monday, May 24, 2010 – 12:31 pm:

This Wednesday, May 26th. Paul Caune, executive director of Paladin Advocacy League (PAL) and Jean Lewis, former FEAT of BC director and co-founder of Medicare for Autism Now, will be guests on the Bill Good Show. They can be heard between 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. on CKNW 980 AM. Please tune in to hear Paul and Jean describe the events which inspired the creation of PAL, and how PAL intends to advocate for the rights of all British Columbians with disabilities. If you can, call in and join the discussion.

Beverley

[Bev Sharpe]

This Wednesday, May 26th. Paul Caune, executive director of Paladin Advocacy League (PAL) and Jean Lewis, former FEAT of BC director and co-founder of Medicare for Autism Now, will be guests on the Bill Good Show. They can be heard between 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. on CKNW 980 AM. Please tune in to hear Paul and Jean describe the events which inspired the creation of PAL, and how PAL intends to advocate for the rights of all British Columbians with disabilities. If you can, call in and join the discussion.

Beverley

[Bev Sharpe]

By Bev Sharpe (Sharpe) on Monday, May 24, 2010 – 12:09 pm:

By Bev Sharpe (Sharpe) on Monday, May 24, 2010 – 12:07 pm:

Attention all FEAT parents and supporters!

Please see the following information and invitation from Paladin Advocacy League of PAL.

You are all invited to PAL's launch event this Saturday, May 29th. PLEASE NOTE THE TIME CHANGE…IT WILL BEGIN AT 2:30 PM as opposed to 1:00

I, along with former FEAT of BC director, and founder of Medicare for Autism Now Jean Lewis, are on the PAL board of directors.

Like FEAT of BC, PAL is a 100% volunteer advocacy organization.

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday.

Beverley

Are the following words true for you?

“Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on mental or physical disability” Section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

If you are a Canadian who has been discriminated against due to a mental or physical disability, please read on….

Lack of effective public policy and political will has allowed Canadian institutions at all levels to deny Canadians with disabilities equal access to full citizenship as guaranteed in our Charter. Despite what our politicians tell us and the rest of the world, systemic discrimination is an everyday reality in Canada for most of us living with a disability.

The way to right this wrong is through real advocacy, political will and law.

The Paladin Advocacy League (PAL) is a recently formed not-for-profit society which advocates for public policy changes which will provide Canadians with disabilities equal access to the equality provisions of our Charter….actions speak louder than words.

We intend to put our founding principles into action by:

1. Advocating for public policy changes which will enforce the equality provisions of the Charter of Rights (Section 15) creating practical force and effect for all British Columbians with a disability.
2. Advocating for portable, consumer-driven individualized funding for British Columbians with disabilities.
3. Advocating for government-funded legal counsel for test cases.

Canadians with disabilities are also Canadian citizens with the responsibility to vote and make clear to our politicians and bureaucrats that it is nothing more than reasonable to expect equal rights in Canada in the 21st century!

We want to meet with you to talk, listen, discuss, plan, laugh…and, of course, eat cookies! Coffee will also be served.

Please join the Board of PAL on:

Saturday, May 29th
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Collingwood Neighbourhood House,
Program Room, 2nd. Floor,
5288 Joyce St., Vancouver
(two blocks south of the Joyce Sky Train station)

Everyone is welcome, particularly Canadians with disabilities, their families and supporters.

Sincerely,

Paul Caune

Rsvp info….please forward to other interested folks etc….

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