Media attention solves abuse of child with autism but does not change UPEI’s...
UPEI stubbornly refuses to allow accessible parking A combination on Facebook and Blogger social media networking and mainstream media attention from CTV, the Edmonton Journal and CBC turned around...
View ArticleThere is no 70 meter rule
Executive Director of Disability Organization makes things worse for disabled students at UPEI The Guardian LETTERS TO THE EDITOR July 11, 2008 Editor: The letter in The Guardian from the executive...
View ArticleAnn Matheson is the tip of the iceberg on disability abuse at UPEI
7 more people in Main Building at UPEI need accessible parking I learned recently from confidential sources that the Guardian only reported the tip of the iceberg on disabled parking. Apparently there...
View ArticleWriter defends the indefensible
By Stephen Pate, Disability Alert, August 8, 2008 The opinions expressed in Paul Cudmore’s letters in the Guardian are not true in my opinion. They are one-sided and lack balance. Cudmore holds that...
View ArticleRemoving disabled parking is wrong – disabled don’t live in Disney World
Letters to the Editor Eastern Graphic West Prince Graphic Arguments have been put forward that the decision to remove accessible parking from the UPEI campus is an improvement in accessibility....
View ArticleWhere is the disabled parking asks singer’s grandmother.
Blind grandmother finds it hard to attend UPEI benefit concert after UPEI President Wade MacLauchlan took away accessible parking
View ArticleWill it be cobblestones or cripples at UPEI
CTV News coverage of UPEI removing disabled parking from the inner campus.
View ArticleCivil Rights violations at UPEI
Discrimination against people with disabilities at the University of PEI is similar to the exclusion of blacks at US colleges prior to the Civil Rights Act. The discrimination is physical exclusion by...
View ArticleIs it OK to say cripple?
By Stephen Pate Since I was quoted on camera by CTV using the word “cripple”, some have questioned the political correctness of that statement. It is perfectly acceptable for a person with a...
View ArticleOnly 28% of UPEI is accessible
Thirteen of UPEI’s buildings are inaccessible to people with disabilities. Only 5 buildings on the University of Prince Edward Island campus are accessible. 72% are inaccessible.
View ArticleOh UPEI we stand on guard for thee, the adventures of Chucky the Beaver
The other day I was eavesdropping outside the Registrar’s office, hiding behind a plant. It was a big plant and I’m a small beaver when squatting down. I was trying to learn what motivates the Board of...
View ArticleFire, safety and accessible issues threaten UPEI students
By Stephen Pate, PEI Disability Alert, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada, February 5, 2009 Ed – this report was sent to the PEI and other media and our contacts at UPEI 10 minutes ago. Accessible entrance and...
View ArticleDisabled vehicle tow away zone the final solution
Is a Disabled Vehicle Tow Away Zone next at UPEI PEI Disability Alert, September 2008, updated August 22, 2009 UPEI has the final solution for the disabled parking problem – a disabled vehicle tow away...
View ArticleUPEI says PEI building codes don’t apply
Access-Ability Committee misguided attempt to force disabled into power wheelchairs At Future Shop today I ran into a member of the UPEI accessibility committee who proceeded to berate me for attacking...
View ArticleGwynne Dyer parking was too far away
I wanted to attend a lecture at UPEI but their accessible parking is too far away. Despite a National Building Code and Charlottetown By-laws, UPEI resists all efforts to meet the code.
View ArticlePEI’s Candidate For Premier Is A Bully
When we reported UPEI was taking away disabled parking, Wade MacLauchlan tried to abuse and intimidate me
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