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Gorge #FloodAdaptation for Sea Level Rise #CommunityWorkshop By City of Victoria
Have your say on the future of the #GorgeWaterway and #PortageInlet.

Thursday, September 25 · 2 - 4pm PDT.
Doors at 1:45pm.
Esquimalt Gorge Park & Pavilion
1070 Tillicum Rd.

Join us at this workshop to learn more about sea level rise in the Gorge and Portage Inlet and to share your knowledge, experience and values to help guide #SeaLevelRise planning for the area. A presentation will be followed by a #facilitated discussion that will help inform adaptation options to address sea level rise.

The workshop will cover the following topics:

Introduction to the Gorge Coastal #Flood Adaptation Strategy.
Sea level rise projections, including areas, #ecosystems and #infrastructure at risk in the Gorge
Possible #coastal adaptation approaches
Examples of coastal resilience initiatives along the Gorge
Activities to explore values informing future coastal planning

The feedback we receive will inform the Gorge Coastal Flood Adaptation Strategy, a collaboration between by the Township of #Esquimalt , the District of #Saanich , the City of #VictoriaBC and the Town of #ViewRoyal with support from the #CapitalRegionalDistrict.

Refreshments will be provided.

Registration is required. If we reach capacity for the event, we will take a waitlist and may add an additional event.

For other ways to provide input, please complete the online survey and identify places that are important to you or where you have experienced flooding on our interactive map at engage.victoria.ca/gorge-flooding.

Accessibility and Parking:

#FreeChildcare will be provided on-site for the duration of the event.

#FreeParking is available at the Esquimalt Gorge Park Pavilion, including 10 #AccessibleParking stalls and four electric vehicle chargers.

Accessible by bus routes 14 and 26 and a short walk from routes 8, 9 and 11.

A bike rack is available.

For more details on accessibility, visit this page:
https://www.esquimalt.ca/media/file/accessibility-inventory

Please contact us with any questions or requests for accessibility accommodations at [email protected].

#CommunityEngagement #CommunityEducation #CommunityPlanning #CommunityInput #YYJ #Wsanec #Songhees #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #Flooding #FloodStrategies #CommunityVoices #ProvideYourFeedback #GetInvolved #CommunitySurvey

Bullshit on Both Sides

Saturday, October 26, 2024

I’ve been thinking about the Netflix Documentary titled Tell Them That You Love Me. I saw it back this past Summer. It talks about the Anna Stubblefield Case where she through using Facilitated Communication on a man with Cerebral Palsy had what she claimed to be a relationship with him. Many have said that given first their roles as Instructor and Student, that the sexual and romantic situation between the two of them was non-consensual. Then because of the man having an intellectual age of only two years old, then there certainly couldn’t be consent.

There were also issues discussed regarding Facilitated Communication. FC is usually used with Autistic people, and some advocate for it as an alternative to ABA Therapy. With FC, advocates say that presuming competence is the first rule when helping someone use FC. People critical of FC though, say that there’s a good chance that more of what the so-called facilitator thinks and feels is added into what the Autistic person is supposedly typing. In short, it might be difficult if not impossible to know what is the actual thoughts of the Autistic verses the facilitator.

As far as whether or not ABA or FC should be used for Autistics, or FC for other non-speaking disabled people, I completely disagree with both sides. ABA presumes that Autistics have no ability to learn anything that isn’t broken down into single steps. FC presumes that locked within the sad Autistic person is a 30000000000%-level IQ Genius that if only given FC, then they could show how super smart they really are.

The problem with both of these ideas whether it be ABA, or FC is that it’s the same old idea that we can make Autistics or other disabled people be just like the rest of society who are able-bodied. ABA does it through reward and punishment. FC does it by presuming not just competence, but deep astronomical levels of copetence and intelligence that may or may not even be within said Autistic or disabled individual. Should either tool fail to bring out these talents or if the disabled or Autistic person won’t conform, then they’re tossed aside and given little if any voice.

I completely reject the notion that Disabled, Blind or Autistic people be they kids or adults have to be exactly like able-bodied society in order to be allowed a place in society. It’s not about making them conform with ABA, presuming competence with FC or whatever other Bullshit the Abods come up with. It’s about meeting said groups of people where they’re at, and accepting them as they are. Only then can we talk about what should be expected of them then.

#Disability!!!
#Autism!!!
#ABA Therapy!!!
#Facilitated Communication!!!
#Cure Ableism, Not Autism!!!
#Cure Ableism, Not Disability!!!

#Antitrans #Extremists are #reporting a #trans #mum to the #NSPCC because she #breastfed her #baby.

The #NSPCC concluded that there is no #safeguarding #risk, and #breastfeeding is an option #facilitated by the #NHS.

“#Trans or #nonbinary people can be #supported to #feed their #babies #human #milk if that is their #goal.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #TERFS #Hate #Bigotry #Transphobia #TERFIsland #TERFFails

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/06/trans-mother-breastfeeding-nspcc/

#Antitrans #Extremists are #reporting a #trans #mum to the #NSPCC because she #breastfed her #baby.

The #NSPCC concluded that there is no #safeguarding #risk, and #breastfeeding is an #option #facilitated by the #NHS.

“#Trans or #nonbinary people can be #supported to #feed their #babies #human #milk if that is their #goal.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #TERFS #Hate #Bigotry #Transphobia #TERFIsland #TERFFails

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/06/trans-mother-breastfeeding-nspcc/

I just #facilitated a fun and fascinating Gateless Writing Salon today, with the #prompt A TIME I TOOK A LEAP OF FAITH.

https://lisaakramer.com/bl...

What #LeapsOfFaith have you taken lately?
#writing #share #crowdfundingcampaign