Dr Kelly Fleming

Life is a journey, each person's journey is unique.

  • An Accessible World

    What is the most important thing needed to live a good life?ACCESSIBILITY When people think about accessibility, they generally do so from three perspectives : Making places and events accessible, requires the input of all the people mentioned above. A person who is blind cannot give information about what is accessible for someone who uses Continue reading

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  • Disabilities and Language

    Verbal and body language play a large part in communication between abled people and disabled people. Often abled people do not realize they are saying things that are hurtful to a disabled person. It is important to avoid using phrases like “the blind man” or “the woman in a wheelchair,” as these phrases strip us Continue reading

  • Having it All

    Having it all means faith, family, friends and love. Something that can be attained by everyone. I’m not a person who is interested in riches, fame or money. They do not complete a person. A person comes into this world with nothing and leaves this world with nothing in regards to material things. I feel Continue reading

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  • My Grandma (Grundy)

    The person who had the most impact on my life was Grundy. Grundy was my grandma’s name to my brother and I. As the story goes, my brother who is older than me could not say grandma and it came out Grundy, so that was our name for her. Grundy had an awesome sense of Continue reading

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  • The Bible is my Guide

    What book could you read over and over again?The Bible I grew up on stories from the Bible while others grew up on fairy tales. I fell in love with the people from the Bible. In 4th grade, we had a project to create a book with drawings and our favourite story so I did Continue reading

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  • Five Everyday Things That Bring Me Happiness

    What are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness? My faith in God gives me strength and gratitude. I’m grateful for the life that God gave me and continues to give to me. I have learnt a lot about self-care and the importance of putting myself first in life. Each day I grow more and Continue reading

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  • The last live performance I saw

    In September 2018, I was blessed to go to Joan Baez’s farewell concert. I’ve always admired Joan Baez. Not only her music but particularly her hands on involvement with civil rights. To see Joan Baez in concert was a dream come true. There was a lot of planning that went into attending the concert due Continue reading

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  • What gives me direction in life?

    My faith! I am Jewish by birth, practiced Judaism most of my life and then converted to the Orthodox Church. Without my faith, I would not be me and I can’t imagine finding complete happiness without my faith. The similarities between Orthodox Judaism and Orthodox Christian are very close. Of course the main difference is Continue reading

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  • My Dream Job

    If I could have my dream job for only one day – I’d be an archaeologist. Growing up, I had two dreams, I’d either be an archaeologist or a journalist. Well, I did become a writer so I guess that covers some aspects of being a journalist, but my dream job would have been an Continue reading

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  • The Code I live by

    Be respectful, be trusting, do not be hurtful. As a young child I unknowingly created a code by which I live. Over the years, friends have said that they always know where they stand with me and they respect that. I’m not trying to be prideful, but the code by which I live has meant Continue reading

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