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Local Spotlight: Visible and Invisible Disabilities
with speaker CJ Janzen
Thursday, October 22
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Old Post Office
Riverview RoomHelping people rebuild meaningful lives after disruption, disability, and life’s unexpected plot twists.
What does disability look like? A wheelchair? A white cane? A service animal? Sometimes. But disability can also look like the person sitting beside you who appears “perfectly fine.”
In this lively, interactive presentation, CJ Janzen challenges common assumptions about apparent and non-apparent disabilities without guilt, shame, or a long list of everything people are doing wrong. Through humour, lived experience, audience participation, and a playful round of “Who Looks Disabled?”, CJ reveals how easily disabilities and accessibility needs can be misunderstood.
Learn about everyday barriers, respectful ways to offer assistance, why accessibility benefits everyone, and the meaning of the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower. Leave with practical tools for replacing assumptions with curiosity, communicating with greater confidence, and helping create a community where persons with disabilities feel welcomed, respected, and included.
About the speaker
CJ Janzen is an award winning international speaker who inspires resilience, hope, and transformation through song and speech in keynotes, workshops, and facilitating panel discussions.
About Local Spotlight
Local Spotlight offers hands-on workshops, friendly competition, and conversations with local makers and community members. Each session brings fresh topics to explore, from sustainable living tips to crafting and community discussions, so there’s always something new to enjoy.
Accessibility
If you require an accessibility accommodation for this program or event, please tell us how we can meet your needs as soon as possible so arrangements can be organized. If you require a sign language interpreter, please let us know at least two-weeks (10 working weekdays) before the program date.
If you are attending a registered program with a support person, please add your support worker as a guest when you sign up.
COST: Free
Old Post Office
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| Tue, Sep 22 | 10:00AM to 8:30PM |
| Wed, Sep 23 | 10:00AM to 8:30PM |
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The Old Post Office is an award-winning, all-digital public library, offering breathtaking views of the Grand River and free technology programs for all ages. Each floor in this restored heritage building offers a unique area of exploration, including the Creative Studios, Children’s Discovery Centre, Makerspace, and Riverview Reading Room.
Cambridge Public Library supports and inspires its community to explore reading, the arts, innovation, and lifelong learning across five locations and online.