Terrace praises community living

PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL dis- abilities celebrated community living week Oct. 11-17 by creating posters about them- selves, . About twenty ‘Celebrating me’ posters were displayed in the Skeena Mall Oct. 17 to show others how people with disabilities “can be involved in and participate in the commuinily. - A developmental disability is a life-long

mentally handicapped, many people with developmental disabilities were once placed in institutions, segregated schools or workplaces with little or no pay. The last institution to shut down in B.C. was in 1996,

But today, all that has changed, says Armold.

“Tf you have a disability you don’t have to be locked in an institution,” he said.

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condition where people may have difficulty ‘‘People with disabilities can be valuable Man has used herbs to treat illnesses for thousands of Images by _ understanding abstract concepts or adapting —menibers of the community.”” _ 7 he bach ane wil nae tc Coal iotewded. Calo Karlene and to some of the demands of daily life. The Terrace Community Living Group, Adam and Eve, “...l hava given you every herb that yields Community Living Week celebrates our works toward making Terrace 2 more inclu- seed which is an the face of all the earth, and every trae Custom Video changing atlitudes toward people with de- sive city toward people with mental whose fruit yields seed to you it shall be for food.” (Genesis & Ph velopmental disabilities, said Chris Arnold, illnesses. 2, pare fi highly skilled in th f herb Pi otogr aphy a member of Terrace’s Community Living Arnold said many businesses around town The Popyrus eoers, an ancient teal written in 1500 B.C., con. now offers Group. support the idea of having workers with tains references lo more than 700 herbal remedies, including do Once labelled as mentally retarded or disabilities. arbs such as aloe, caraway seed, poppy and garlic. “ Boudoir The Chinese have practiced herbal use for 5000 years. A Photosra by. Chinese medical taxt written around 2700 B.C. lists 13 8 ip . . erbal prescriptions. a Temrace . ” Hippocrates, the “father of medical literature” is probably § AG

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