HALIFAX - In Jen Powley's Halifax apartment, there's a bustle of activity as moving boxes fly open and her new roommate arranges for an independent life beyond the walls of a nursing home.
Various artists are participating in this year's Art of Disability Festival running this Monday to Friday, hosted by Independent Living Nova Scotia. For the second year in a row, everything is taking place online thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic.
My world has been largely absent from this election. There are few, if any candidates, with visible disabilities and few promises around improving accessibility and community housing for Nova Scotians with disabilities, Jen Powley writes.