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In June, Julia opened up a small business in Nelson. She checks properties for clients, doing walkthroughs of their houses, inspecting appliances, plumbing, windows and doors. Julia has fibromyalgia and complex post-traumatic stress disorder. “It makes having a regular job difficult because of the chronic pain and chronic fatigue I experience. I can’t sit for […]
Sherry is working hard towards gaining employment, studying for an accounting and bookkeeping course. But she was finding it hard to put the hours in she needed to study with the pain she was feeling.
“Since starting the program, I am working 50 hours every two weeks,” beams Kathleen. “I still get to hang out with my friends and family after work and do all of my regular duties.”
“I have learning challenges which make it difficult to write and to scroll, and so for the longest time I had to allow other people to do the text messaging for me and then read it back to make sure that’s what I wanted them to send.”
Tony is the General Manager of Starline Windows Okanagan, a company he has been with since 1986. Dealing with staff, colleagues, and hundreds of customers in the construction industry, effective communication is key. However, Tony has hearing loss in both ears, with severe tinnitus in his left ear.