Answers to "Are you able to name 5 excellent accessibility features in this photo?

 Hi all my Invermere friends 

Here are the answers to my question posted in the the article “Count Me In emphasizes the importance of inclusion” for those who read it, and wanted to test themselves.     Let’s see how you did!

The 5 “Excellent Accessibility Features” featured in the photo in the article  of The “Columbia Valley Centre” are:

1. Accessible doors with an automatic button

2. A flat surface, and a curb cut out to wheel or walk with assistance (mobility device), up onto the sidewalk)

3. A wide “Handicapped Parking Stall” with a standing up visible sign

4. Snow removal has been done to make wheeling and walking around the parking lot manageable 

5. Did you notice the word KICHEN on the door of the right side of the Columbia Valley Centre? The lettering is BIG and BOLD.  This makes the word easier for people who are visually impaired to read. 

How did you do? Okay, or do  you need to work on your “accessibility literacy? Either way, thank you for reading my article and this blog, and for taking and interest in inclusion and accessibility. 

Thanks again to The Pioneer for also recognizing the importance of inclusion by publishing the article, and for your patience with me when I asked them to make some changes. I really appreciate it! 

Thank you to Pete, again for your unwavering belief and support in our “Count Me In”  and  our “Dare to be Different History Project.

Thank you to Dave Oaks and The Kinsmen Club of Windermere Valley, as well as our other sponsors, Fairmont and District Lions Club, WeConnect(Mount Nelson), Invermere Rotary Club and now, The District of Invermere. I am incredibly grateful for your support of my dream. 

Thank you to Crisanna for being so enthusiastic about doing this picture, as both a thank you to our sponsors, and to promote inclusion an accessibility awareness for our valley. I love that my passion is becoming your passion.

Thank you to School District #6  Directors of Instruction, Jennifer Turner, Viveka Johnson and Sharon Collin for endorsing The Dare to be Different   Divrerse Ability School Program  into SD6. Thank you to Werner Kopp, Law teacher of DTSS  for being agreeing to be the first class I presented my history project to, and also to Mr. Scott McInnis and Mr. Mike Archibald for inviting me to speak to to their leadership and law classes. I loved meeting your students and spreading my message of inclusion across the school district. 

Thank you to my friend Romy Wood for taking the picture,

And, lastly, thank you to Invermere Public Library for always providing Crisanna and I with a friendly place to work for sometimes many, many hours, and also for making the library and Columbia Valley Centre an accessible, inclusive, and welcoming place for all! You set a great example for other venues and businesses, and I really appreciate you!

If you are a buisness owner and this article is making you wonder how accessible you venue is, you can contact me at kginclusionworkshops@gmail.com for either an accessibility check, or to have me speak at any of your staff orientations or any other presentation.

Let’s make the future accessible and inclusive for all people in all places!

Thank you!




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