May 29 to June 4, 2022
“Adapt – Improvise – Overcome”
We invite schools, businesses, and organizations to participate in New Brunswick’s Disability Awareness Week (DAW). DAW takes place during National Access Ability Week, May 29 to June 4, 2022. The goal of DAW is to raise public awareness of barriers that prevent citizens with disabilities from full and equal participation in all aspects of their community and what may be done to correct these problems. We also want to celebrate examples of best practices and advancements towards full inclusion for citizens with disabilities. We hope you can join us by taking part in one or more events during Disability Awareness Week in New Brunswick.
Ways to Participate
• Organize or take part in a WALK & ROLL event.
• Share the message of disability awareness and accessibility on social media.
• Register to attend a virtual DAW event.
*Register your Walk & Roll event(new window) by May 6th and receive a DAW kit with handouts for participants.
Virtual Events – Join us LIVE!
Special Guest Speaker: Casey Perrin
Casey Perrin’s home is in Halifax, Nova Scotia where she lives her life with gratitude and lots of stamina. She is an accomplished para-athlete, traveler, and respected student, being chosen as her university Valedictorian in 2019. An ATV accident in 2011 had a huge impact on Casey’s life. With both a spinal injury and a brain injury, she had a long journey to recovery. Learning to live a new life, using a wheelchair provided Casey with new insight, new ambitions, and new challenges. She will share the importance of attitude, kindness, perseverance, and ways everyone can be a difference maker in creating a more inclusive and accessible world. Please note that this presentation will be in English with ASL interpretation.
Special Guest Speaker: Shawn Courchesne
Living in Brampton, Ontario, Shawn Courchesne is a man on the move! Whether he’s playing one of his favourite sports, driving, cooking, spending time at his cottage, or walking his dog, Timbit, Shawn is in action. His determination and perseverance helped him find new ways to access the world after he sustained a spinal cord injury in a snowmobile accident when he was 17 years old. His life in a wheelchair sparked a new business venture for Shawn. He now runs his own business teaching children, of all abilities, how to play wheelchair basketball. Shawn will share the importance of attitude, perseverance and how they can be difference makers in creating a more inclusive and accessible world. Please note that this presentation will be in French with LSQ interpretation.
For more information on DAW NB events and activities, visit Disability Awareness Week 2022 (gnb.ca)(new window)
