Susan Simmons

Nazaré, Portugal 🌊 Tilt your phone 45° to the left. You’ll thank me later…

Interested in accessibility in #Victoria #YYJ. Join us for the premier of A Place at the Table. #accessibility #disabilities #inclusion tickettailor.com/events/journey…

Although excluding disabled people is often the status quo, it is not a neutral act. Excluding disabled people is a hostile act.

Access is not something you bestow upon disabled people. Access is not a gift. Providing access to disabled people is righting a wrong. It is righting the wrong of exclusion.

@GHMansfield Ableism leads to missid opportunities #spiritorcas

Ableism is more than treating disabled people differently. It is discrimination, devaluation and dehumanization of disabled people. Disabled people have value. Disabled people have merit. Disabled people are worthy. Disabled people are not a burden.

Man arrested in Kenya for impersonating a lawyer and winning 26 lawsuits. He decided to defend himself in court and won again. 😂😂

@timescolonist Love that pool ❤️. It was a great place to train for my swim across Juan de Fuca Strait.

Downtown Victoria Y marks last day on Broughton Street dlvr.it/TRSSGF

@AMAZlNGNATURE You are assuming you taste good.

There’s a 0% chance I would willingly swim with that apex predator. Some people are crazy.🤯

Congratulations Meliah and thank you Adam Sawatsky and @CTVNewsVI for sharing the story of her cookbook. It is exciting to see this young woman with #DownSyndrome have her own published work! tinyurl.com/yxmn7zpw

A quetzal in full flight looks like something out of a fairy tale.

Another reason why men live shorter lives.

Update: The 14-year-old boy who went missing in Sooke late Thursday morning has been found #yyj

‘Historic moment’: Canada is building its first Inuit university ctvnews.ca/canada/article…

A baby beaver cleaning its chubby tummy. A truly tender moment. ❤️

A group of Buddhist monks has finally reached Washington, D.C., after completing a 15-week trek from Texas that captivated the country.

B.C. overhauls supports for children with disabilities, offers direct funding for children with Down syndrome vancouversun.com/news/bc-overha…

All of BC is wrapping the families of Tumbler Ridge with love. Supports are available: BC Mental Health Support Line: 310-6789 Kids Help Phone: Text “CONNECT” to 686868 Thank you to the emergency responders on the ground for the work they are doing.

I like people who have a sense of humor.

@Adam_Stirling Can any of these councilors speak to this issue from a place of knowledge? Have any had a conversation with the Coastal First Nations to understand the issues? That is the place to start, not the opinion of the Liberals who are swayed by public opinion. #tankerban

Tankers are not part of running Victoria, but Councillor Caradonna moved the motion yesterday, citing the need to "back the province in their holding the line against the feds" on the tanker moratorium. Councillor Susan Kim then cited BC Liberal MPs being "pretty upset" about the prospect of the tanker ban being weakened as reason for it to be "quite smart for us to come out singing from the same song sheet," whatever that means. Councillor Dave Thompson then chimed in to remind everyone that he already moved a tanker ban support motion in November a few months ago, which already passed then. (There were some audio issues yesterday while they broadcasted from the Saanich room of the Victoria Conference Centre due to problems with the AV equipment at City Hall). #yyj

The cat was trying to climb the escalator, 🤗🤗 ....not understanding anything, until a man helped him.