"We all have disablities, some of us just wear them on the outside" - Angela Cormier

My last week has been spent in the company of one, Ms. Angela Cormier.
And it's been splendid.

We've been spending our vacation on PEI, and for the first time in my life I've come face to face with the issue of accessibility.
The fact of the matter is that the world is not accessible for my friend Angela. I originally thought that this would make me disappointed. Instead, it just made me angry.

I made me angry when I could find parking. It made me angry when we got stuck in an old wheelchair lift. It made me angry when we could only get to the first floor of an historic site. It made me angry when we couldn't get into a restaurant. And it made me angry numerous more times throughout the week.
However, there was respite in the facilities that went out of their way to accomodate Angela. Kensington Water Gardens gave us free admission. Northumberland Ferries gave us personal assistants to load and unload our van. The Birches at Ben Eoin did our laundry.
So perhaps these establishments help to soften the blow from the rest of the world.

The truth is, Angela is a strong, intelligent, incredibly patient, beautiful person.

She deserves a world that she can access.