5 Feb 2025
Thank you @bennewmark for this thoughtful and wide-ranging piece - and the beauty and care in how you express it
#needsnotlabels bennewmark.wordpress.com/202…
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12 Sep 2023
Last minute tweaks ready for conference on Friday.
Following @marcrowland73
Who on earth wants that pressure?! 🤯🤪🤪 Deep breaths!
#affordableschools #pupilpremium #needsnotlabels
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25 Mar 2021
Concerned about the idea of colleagues ‘teaching to the middle’. #NeedsNotLabels #ChallengeForAll @MaryMyatt says “We never know what we are capable of, until we are given interesting things to do”. @dylanwiliam responsive teaching
25 Mar 2021
Always teach to the top and scaffold up.
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18 Feb 2021
"Labels are for teddy bears, not for pupils" @marcrowland73 's candid reminder that every disadvantaged child is different. We must avoid labels and stereotypes and identify needs instead. #needsnotlabels #equity #education #pp
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10 Mar 2020
It is truly heartbreaking that any child with any disability is being ignored by most politicians. It is truly heartbreaking that the ones who do receive service as a child get cut off at age 18 and put on a waitlist. #NeedsNotLabels #DisabilitiesDoNotEndAt18
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14 Jan 2020
#alldisabilities #needsnotlabels please let’s stop disability discrimination funding and therapy for all disabilities @ToddSmithPC @MichaelParsa @JR_Ottawa @AmyFeePC @celliottability @pondanetwork @NightShiftMD @SolidFooting @krushowy @globalnewsto
14 Jan 2020
5315 days since my daughter’s illness left her physically disabled. 44 days she’s had access to actual physio therapy-bc she had surgery & it was rehab. 5271 days with nothing. No waitlists,no funding,no progs. Nothing. #flipthenarrative #alldisabilities @ODCoalition @ToddSmithPC
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31 Dec 2019
I wish as we enter 2020, we will come together to create inclusive communities that provide the support that individuals with disabilities require to live safe, meaningful and fulfilling lives. Without politics. No matter the party in power. #allages #needsnotlabels #NewYearsEve
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11 Dec 2019
Thank Dr. Olaf for your advocacy. We need every professional and organization that supports people with disabilities to stop the discrimination and speak up for ALL disabilities. Parents and individuals should not be the only ones advocating. #NeedsNotLabels #AllAges #AllNeeds
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3 Dec 2019
Let’s celebrate in 2020 by creating an inclusive National Disability Strategy that provides appropriate support and accommodations for all persons with a disability. #AllDisabilities #AllAges #NeedsNotLabels
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30 Oct 2019
I’m gonna start calling it the Ontario Discrimination Program....when did it become ok to advocate for and put policies in place based on a label instead of needs? How does that help anyone? #NeedsNotLabels #EndTheDiscrimination
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29 Oct 2019
My home is accessible wanna know why? Bc my daughter is in wheelchair. A chair she maybe wouldn’t need if she had access to equitable quality therapy that your gov says she doesn’t get bc of label. Maybe less candy less discrimination more therapy ya? #Needsnotlabels @ODCoalition
29 Oct 2019
#Halloween 👻 is just days away! @treataccessibly has started an initiative to ensure trick or treating is inclusive for all kids. @Sflecce, @ToddSmithPC, @RaymondChoPC and I encourage you to get a free sign and make your home accessible this Halloween: treataccessibly.com
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29 Oct 2019
As org that oversees all CTCs in Ont you should know what would make Halloween most accessible for thousands of disabled kids is equitable quality therapy for all. Not consulting but actual therapy. Did you ask @ToddSmithPC about meeting #NeedsNotLabels & ending discrimination?
29 Oct 2019
Treat Accessible started in 1 Toronto home and now 25000 homes across Canada participate. Check out these tips & TY @ToddSmithPC @JillDunlop1 @RaymondChoPC & @Sflecce #treataccessibility #HappyHalloween2019
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29 Oct 2019
Do not discriminate based on diagnosis when you roll out Needs Based Therapy. It’s indefensible to continue this divide of the disability community in Ontario. #NeedsnotLabels obviously everyone with a dev. disability benefits lets create a #BarrierFreeOntario @lmonseb
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24 Oct 2019
This is the perfect opportunity to advocate for a #NationalDisabilityStrategy All disabilities. All ages. All Needs. #NoOneLeftBehind #NeedsNotLabels
23 Oct 2019
Soon,there will be the Speech from the Throne. It lays out in general & sometimes in specific terms the government’s intentions.
It is the perfect opportunity to spell out a commitment to a National Autism Strategy-This is a minority govn’t -Time for bold action. @ASDalliance
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24 Oct 2019
It’s the perfect time for a #NationalDisabilityStrategy - one that includes every person with a disability. Why is it only for Autism? Is it not discrimination to ignore all other disabilities? Let’s be an inclusive Canada. All ages. All needs. #NeedsNotLabels
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22 Oct 2019
Begin a mad push along with some very dedicated advocates at @ODCoalition & @CANDisStrat to end discrimination in gov policy by creating #OntarioDisabilityStrategy & #NationalDisabilityStrategy #NeedsNotLabels #NoOneLeftBehind
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21 Oct 2019
Inclusive means not creating a policy that creates barriers. 6 million disabled Canadians need a #NationalDisabilityStrategy focusing on #NeedsNotLabels making sure #NoOneLeftBehind @ODCoalition @CANDisStrat
21 Oct 2019
Catherine McKenna is my Member of Parliament .
I voted for Catherine.
As I chose to #ChooseForward ,I am hoping that inclusive means working together on a national autism strategy.
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18 Oct 2019
I don’t understand why ALL disabilities are not in this conversation. I get Autism touches his family but autism is only ONE disability. It is discrimination to ignore other disabilities. All children with disabilities lose supports at 18 and go on a wait list. #NeedsNotLabels
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13 Oct 2019
Every politician that does not call for a #NationalDisabilityStrategy is calling for discrimination against every other Canadian with a disability other than autism. Other groups are asking for support of #NeedsNotLabels - Every Disability. Every Age. Every Need. Why aren’t you?
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