Author Archives: Heather McCain

We Are Not Broken

I recently attended a talk given by Ron Coleman, from the Hearing Voices Network, an organization that is run by users, in a self-help capacity, for people who experience auditory hallucinations. This group teaches that people should explore, engage, and in some cases, negotiate with the voices they hear, as opposed to only utilizing the medical… Read More »

Abilities Tab Introduction

The Living with Disability and Chronic Pain blog has added a new section. The author of this blog once wrote a monthly column for the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Times. It was requested by several readers of this blog that we include a section with all the articles from my column. We have now done so.… Read More »

Improving the Lives of People with Communication Disabilities

Communication is essential to everyday life. Most of us communicate on autopilot – not consciously aware of all that goes into our daily communications. We talk and gesture, we use body language and facial expressions, we change our tone and pitch of voice. As we go about our day we utilize verbal and written skills,… Read More »