The Surrey School district “is launching an exciting new four-part animated video series on accessibility to help students, parents and staff better understand language around accessibility, namely the terms disability, barriers, accessibility and inclusion.

Created by the Surrey Schools accessibility working group and advisory committee, the four closed captioned videos are intended to create a common understanding of these terms in school communities across Surrey and White Rock. The first video explores the term disability and how it conjures up specific ideas of what disabilities look like, when in actuality, disabilities can be quite complex, diverse and even unnoticeable.

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The videos are part of the Surrey Schools accessibility plan – a three-year roadmap that aims to improve the experiences for those with disabilities in the district and provide equitable access to opportunities – and serve as the first action item to fulfill one of the plan’s four main priorities: to establish a common understanding of accessibility terms.”

Learn more here: https://www.surreyschools.ca/_ci/p/183360

DABC worked in partnership with B.C. Council of Administrators of Inclusive Support In Education and Untapped Accessibility to support school districts in BC as they implemented the requirements of the Accessible BC Act (learn more about the Accessible Organizations Project: bcaccessibilityhub.ca), and we are very pleased to see this work continuing!

Disability Alliance BC (DABC) has decided to join other nonprofits and service providers in stepping away from the social media platform X ( formerly Twitter). We will keep our account but will no longer actively use the platform, and we will not be reachable through it.

X owner Elon Musk appearing to give a Nazi salute at Donald Trump’s inauguration was the final straw. We have been concerned for some time about X’s policy shifts under Musk’s ownership; it’s clear that its users are no longer sufficiently protected from harassment and hate speech. This goes against DABC’s organizational principles of providing a safe environment for those interacting with us and using our services.

This is not a decision we made lightly, as we understand that there is still a vibrant disability community on X and we regret that we will no longer be able to use the platform to share important information with this community.

We encourage our followers to stay connected with us through our Facebook  and LinkedIn accounts (facebook.com/DisabilityAllianceBC & linkedin.com/company/4863769). We have also set up a Bluesky account (bsky.app/profile/disaballiancebc.bsky.social) and will be learning the ropes in the coming weeks.

You can also keep an eye on our blog (dabc.ca/blog), contact us through direct communication methods, and sign up for our monthly e-newsletter by visiting this link: https://signup-can.keela.co/newsletter-subscription52.

Thank you for your understanding and continued support of DABC.