Ex N' Flex
2596 suite 18, Edinburgh Place K1B 5M1 Ottawa, ON, Canada

If 2020 has taught us anything, it's that things can change quickly. As we close out this particularly challenging year, we are excited to share this look back at what we have achieved. May you continue to design your own road! Happy holidays from all of us at WHILL.

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Hey Ex N' Flexers, this may be of interest to some of you: Recreation and Leisure Retirement Home Staff Survey Are you working in recreation and leisure in a retirement home in Ontario? A research team from the Sheridan Centre for Elder Research and the Schlegel-UWaterloo Research Institute for Aging want to find out how you are doing, and what has changed in your role during the COVID-19 pandemic. If this applies to you, please complete the survey by clicking here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YH3CLGL

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It's the LAST DAY of the Abilities Virtual Experience! https://virtual.abilities.com/ Have you: > Checked out the latest products for the disability community?... > Picked out your stocking stuffers...some great daily living aids at #AbilitiesVE2 > Watched The Heumann Perspective with Judith Heumann talk about disability rights? > Gotten the 411 on travel from Wheelchair Travel's John Morris? > Learned the best way to make your bathroom accessible? > Heard from Disabilityafterdark's Drew Gurza on sex and disability? So many resources, but only today (Sunday, December 13) to view them. Login: https://virtual.abilities.com/ [Image description: White text on a purple background that says: Welcome to the Abilities Virtual Experience. Circled in red is the last day of the online event, today, December 13, 2020.]

Guess who's coming to Abilities Virtual Experience 2, happening NEXT WEEKEND... Andrew Gurza! But you can't attend his workshop & live Q&A on "How Sex and Disab...ility Feels: A Beginner's Guide" unless you are registered. It's free so click here: https://rebrand.ly/wy14zs5 You may already know Andrew from his popular podcast, Disability After Dark. At #AbilitiesVE2, he will reveal both myths and facts about sex and disability as well as emphasize the importance of emotions, not just the mechanics. Andrew's workshop is 3 pm PST on Friday, but the whole online event is Nov. 20-22. Check out the overall schedule: https://www.abilities.com/virtual/#calendar [Image description: A smiling man in a power wheelchair (Andrew Gurza) is holding a sign that says #DeliciouslyDisabled]

Welcome to Monday Minutes with me, Judy Heumann! This Monday, I will talk about some lessons I have learned recently! 2020 has taught us all a lot about oursel...ves, the disability community, and technology! Please comment below how you are doing these days and what lessons you have learned! Video Description and Transcript: *intro with a still picture of Judy Heumann. Judy is a cis-gender white woman who uses a wheelchair. She has short, brown hair and glasses. She is wearing red lipstick, a pink, white stripe patterned cardigan over a pink shirt. She is sitting in her dining room. Behind her is a table with books on it, many plants, and windows. Next to Judy’s head on the right hand side is a graphic of a thought bubble and inside the thought bubble is black text that reads 2020? and then the surprised emoji underneath it. In the upper left corner is a navy blue blob-shaped text box with white handwritten text that reads What is a lesson I have learned recently? and underneath that is text that reads Monday Minute with Judy Heumann. *Excerpt of Grace and a Tender Hand by Gaelynn Lea fades in and out. Joyful, fiddle music* *Judy speaking* Welcome back to the Monday Minute. Today, I am going to talk a little bit about some lessons I’ve learned during 2020. And let me say, I’d love to hear some of the lessons you’ve learned! First that we are resilient. And resilience is, as disabled people and allies, what has enabled us to move forward. *Graphic with a grey background appears* *Judy continues speaking* I had no idea when this year started out, knowing that my book would come out February 25th *on the grey background, a picture of Judy’s memoir Being Heumann pops up with yellow accents pointing towards the image* that Crip Camp was going to be coming out on March 25th, *a picture of the Crip Camp film art appears with olive accents pointing towards the image* and then I got this great opportunity to be on Trevor Noah on March 4th, * a picture of Judy Heumann with Trevor Noah on The Daily Show appears with red accents pointing towards the image. Underneath the image text jiggle back and forth that reads What a year!* *graphic fades out and Judy continues speaking* that around March 6th, the COVID virus would hit, and that we would be basically altering our lives for an unknown period of time. I’ve learned that Zoom is great. Really glad it’s here. But, that I really miss people. So let us know how you are! And I hope you had a great Thanksgiving. Lo-fi piano, jazz music fades back in YouTube outro graphic fades in. A graphic with a grey background and a black and white picture on the right of Judy at the 504 protests. On the top left there is bold white text that reads Thank you for watching and below that are her social media handles.

Make sure you have applied for the Disability Tax Credit (DTC) by December 31, 2020. If eligible for the DTC, you could receive the one-time payment to persons... with disabilities. To make sure you get your payment, keep your address and direct deposit info up-to-date and accurate. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3nbLYdH Image description : Graphic displaying accessible symbols and the following text: "New DTC application deadline for the one-time payment: December 31, 2020"

Hey Ex N" Flexers, we have a virtual booth a the Abilities Expo. We'd love you to drop by and say Hi! Registration and attendance is free! Check it out - https://www.abilities.com/virtual/

Ex N' Flex therapy machines are motorized passive/ active exercise therapy devices for the chronically ill, disabled and those recovering from injures.

Lest We Forget - Remembrance Day 2020