{"id":409,"date":"2022-02-10T21:28:10","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T21:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/distory.ca\/blog\/?page_id=409"},"modified":"2022-10-18T16:32:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T16:32:13","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/distory.ca\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to our Blog!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#006b80\"><strong>Here we share more of our stories and thoughts about living through the pandemic, disability advocacy, and our work together. Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns about the accessibility of our website<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list has-dates has-author wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/distory.ca\/blog\/covid-19\/5-pandemic-coping-strategies\/\">5 Pandemic Coping Strategies<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by admin<\/div><time datetime=\"2022-05-03T13:36:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">May 3, 2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\"><p>Coping, being grateful, and celebrating life. Written by Antoinette, Marie, Robin. Surviving a pandemic has meant a lot more than not becoming infected with Covid-19, especially for those labelled\/with an intellectual disability. Surviving has meant asking ourselves how to maintain relationships and stay connected to our communities while staying safely apart. It\u2019s meant finding the &#8230; <a title=\"5 Pandemic Coping Strategies\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/distory.ca\/blog\/covid-19\/5-pandemic-coping-strategies\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 5 Pandemic Coping Strategies\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/distory.ca\/blog\/uncategorized\/a-pandemic-of-grief-loss-and-frustration-copy\/\">&#8220;\u00adWhat happens if our voices are never heard?&#8221; : Voices Unheard<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by admin<\/div><time datetime=\"2022-02-03T13:56:22+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">February 3, 2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Written by Nick Herd, Doreen Kalifer, and Robin Arnott January 2022 Right now, the barriers facing people labelled\/with intellectual disabilities are more than just inequitable \u2014 they are dangerous. We are concerned and we are not alone. David Leprofsky, law professor and chair of Accessibility for Ontarians Act Alliance (AODA) told the CBC: &#8220;The Ford &#8230; <a title=\"&#8220;\u00adWhat happens if our voices are never heard?&#8221; : Voices Unheard\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/distory.ca\/blog\/uncategorized\/a-pandemic-of-grief-loss-and-frustration-copy\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about &#8220;\u00adWhat happens if our voices are never heard?&#8221; : Voices Unheard\">Read more<\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/distory.ca\/blog\/covid-19\/a-pandemic-of-grief-loss-and-frustration\/\">A Pandemic of Grief, Loss and Frustration<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by admin<\/div><time datetime=\"2021-12-20T21:06:55+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">December 20, 2021<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Written by Robin Arnott, Aaron Kellet and Cindy Scott December 16, 2021 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Welcome to the Covid-19, it\u2019s terrible, nasty.&nbsp; When Covid-19 started to spread during the first wave, all of us had to come to terms with a multitude of changes. Now that we\u2019re well into the fourth wave and the situation is constantly &#8230; <a title=\"A Pandemic of Grief, Loss and Frustration\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/distory.ca\/blog\/covid-19\/a-pandemic-of-grief-loss-and-frustration\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Pandemic of Grief, Loss and Frustration\">Read more<\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/distory.ca\/blog\/covid-19\/distory-covid-blog-hard-to-trust\/\">\u201cHard to trust\u201d: Challenges trusting information and support during the COVID19 pandemic for people labeled\/with intellectual disabilities.<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by admin<\/div><time datetime=\"2021-09-29T21:45:47+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">September 29, 2021<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Written by Kuri, E., Lin, A., Seth, P., Head, K. J. (2021). 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