David

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Composer, writer, etc. Music, piano, chronic illness, disability, bookstore co-owner, climate solutions, applied science fiction. #pwME
 Based in Haida Gwaii, working toward a sustainable, just, thriving future.
You can hear and support my work on Patreon and Bandcamp.
websitehttps://www.davidarcher.net
Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/DavidAetc
Bandcamphttps://davidarcher.bandcamp.com/
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DavidMar 9

Accessibility + tourism: In North Van, neurodivergent folks can now borrow a backpack full of gear to help with sensory issues around the city.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/north-shore-neurodiverse-backpack-1.7557897

Tourism group on Vancouver's North Shore lending out backpacks for neurodivergent people | CBC News

A tourism association on Metro Vancouver's North Shore has started a program to lend out backpacks containing items to help people and kids with neurodevelopmental disorders access tourist attractions.

CBC
DavidMar 9

Accessibility + tourism: Oregon Coast Visitors Association has a state-wide toolkit showing communities how to use Mobi-mats to help people access beaches, agritourism sites, or other off-road areas.

https://industry.visittheoregoncoast.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2026-Mobi-Mat-Toolkit.pdf

DavidJan 20

Today I listened to
I, Castorpollux (2021) by Erika Dohi, composer, pianist

Favourite tracks:
Particle Of: The plucked piano, synth, electronics, and maybe percussion with her nails (?) tickle my ears the right way.
Dioscuri: The other track on this album with a plucked pulse. A long one (9.5 min) with some good acoustic piano bits.

Found by searching “solo piano” on Bandcamp
https://erikadohi.bandcamp.com/album/i-castorpollux

I, Castorpollux, by ERIKA DOHI

13 track album

ERIKA DOHI
DavidJan 17
Lichen and sunshine in Daajing Giids.
DavidSep 2, 2025

I’ve got some new writing + audio published at Sick Stories! 📝🎧😶‍🌫️ “The wind feels nice: A brain fog memoir” is about my experience of brain fog as part of ME/CFS. It’s a glimpse of what chronic illness can be like.

https://sickstories.substack.com/p/the-wind-feels-nice-today

DavidJul 31, 2025
170 disability-related thoughts and counting: https://cambium.micro.blog/2025/07/31/disabilityrelated-thoughts-and-counting.html
Attention Collection - 170 disability-related thoughts and counting

Today’s the last day of #DisabilityPrideMonth. I’m currently going through a life-altering chronic illness flare-up, and, just like all the other times this has happened, I’m learning a lot about my health and about disability in general. Even though I’ve had this illness to varying degrees since the 90s, I’ve only recently begun thinking of myself as disabled. Finding solidarity this way has helped. I wish I knew more about disability history and culture back then.

DavidJul 6, 2025
Reading notes: How To Tell When We Will Die: https://cambium.micro.blog/2025/07/05/reading-notes-how-to-tell.html
Attention Collection - Reading notes: How To Tell When We Will Die

Lately I’ve been reading How To Tell When We Will Die, a collection of essays by Johanna Hedva. My hardcover copy was merch at my bookshop (Which 3rd Avenue Books in Daajing Giids), but I couldn’t read very far without wanting to underline everything. So I swiped it. Now that I’ve finished reading it once through, I’m going back to re-read some of the essays and see what ideas I can hang onto to better understand and be able to advocate for accessibility and disabled people like me.

DavidFeb 12, 2025
Coastal Queer Alliance on the Travel Beyond podcast: https://cambium.micro.blog/2025/02/11/coastal-queer-alliance-on-the.html
Attention Collection - Coastal Queer Alliance on the Travel Beyond podcast

Today’s Travel Beyond podcast ep contains my chat with the inspiring organizer Sully Rogalski, co-founder of the Coastal Queer Alliance based in Tofino. They told me all about building community and how queer and environmental advocacy overlap. ♥️🏳️‍🌈🌲 destinationthink.com/blog/weav…

DavidJan 28, 2025

This pyrolysis thing is a pretty interesting idea for preventing all the world’s plastics that float here from ending up in Haida Gwaii landfills.

https://www.thenorthernview.com/local-news/haida-hereditary-chief-proposes-pyrolysis-machine-to-eliminate-landfills-7776167

Haida hereditary chief proposes pyrolysis machine to eliminate landfills

The machine converts waste into diesel, synthetic graphite and water

The Northern View
DavidJan 20, 2025
Show threadBroadwaybabytoJan 19, 2025

For more on the LA wildfires and the way they impact the disability community, my recent article is about canaries in the coal mine.

Whether it’s wildfires, pandemics, climate change or other extreme weather events… we are hit harder and faster than our non disabled peers.

We’re also often the first to be left behind.

That needs to change. Plan around us and everyone would be better taken care of.

We aren’t expendable. Don’t leave us behind

https://www.disabledginger.com/p/disabled-people-are-the-canaries

#wildfires #losangeles #disability #ableism #climatechange

Disabled People are the Canaries in the Coal Mine

When it comes to natural disasters, pandemics, or disruptions to "normal" life, disabled people are proverbial canaries. We get hit harder and faster than others. Why aren't we factored into plans?

The Disabled Ginger