To bring some warmth to this winter season, we’re learning about how disability played a role in one couple’s romance. Michelle Hewitt is a disability advocate in British Columbia, and the national co-chair of Disability Without Poverty, an organization dedicated to lifting Canadians with disabilities out of financial poverty. Victor Enns is a poet and author, who spent most of his life living in Manitoba – until this past spring. In this conversation, they tell us about how they met and how disability has impacted their relationship.
You can read Victor’s work here: victorenns9.com
Follow Victor on Twitter: @enns_victor
Follow Michelle on Twitter: @missingabout
Learn about Disability Without Poverty here: www.disabilitywithoutpoverty.ca and take a look at this recent petition:
https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-3656
If you want to read more on this topic, Meagan highly recommends Ben Mattlin’s book In Sickness and in Health. Check him out at www.benmattlin.com or @benmattlin.
