An illustrated political satire
Everything about us, without us
Meet Rosie. An illustrated political satire about the distance between being celebrated and having a say.
Illustrated story · 12 spreads · PDF, approximately 16 MB
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Text companion
Text companion to the illustrated reader edition. This is a fictional public-service satire. The cover and pages 2–23 appear in reading order. Story text is followed by separately labeled text from the artwork and short art descriptions.
Art descriptions below are reproduced from the supplied companion. The original LinkedIn source reference is preserved. Read the UHN report on this site.
Cover
Cover text
Everything about us, without us.
By ABILITYscaled
Art description: A colourful autumn town square with white buildings, blue roofs, a Canadian flag and red and orange leaves. Rosie, who uses a wheelchair, plays cards with Sam at an outdoor café table. Across the square, attendants carry a large cheque in an ornate red chair toward the steps of a grand building.
Pages 2 and 3
Page 2
Rosie was winning at cards in the square. A cheque trundled past in a red velvet chair.
Page 3
Two men held its corners. A third hurried by, checking its tassels were perfectly dry.
Art description: Rosie wears a blue dress, white apron and red boots; Sam wears a red hat, blue coat and yellow waistcoat. They play cards at a yellow café table. Three red-coated attendants accompany an oversized cheque in a red velvet carrying chair. The cheque has a bank symbol and a dollar sign, with no written amount.
Pages 4 and 5
Page 4
“Those steps,” Rosie said, “I once took them in twos.” “Your turn,” Sam replied. “And you’re going to lose.”
Page 5
They rolled a red carpet up stair after stair. The cheque had a welcome. The steps were still there.
Art description: Rosie holds up a playing card while Sam smiles at her across the café table. Attendants unroll a red carpet on the building’s broad staircase. The cheque sits at the top, beside two blue-suited officials, one wearing a crown.
Pages 6 and 7
Page 6
King Carney cut ribbons. Premier Fordwith cried, “More!” They applauded the ribbon. They applauded the door.
Page 7
Dr. Boozy spread charts over letters for aid. “Look! Hospital savings! What progress we’ve made!”
Text on a letter in the artwork
From young people in the North
Art description: Dr. Boozy, in a white coat and red bow tie, spreads an upward-trending bar chart over letters on a table. Behind him, the crowned King Carney holds large scissors at a ribbon across the entrance. Premier Fordwith and the attendants applaud. Rosie and Sam applaud from the left. A ramp runs along the right side of the building.
Pages 8 and 9
Page 8
Inside, someone slept with a key by the bed. A kettle. A table. A roof overhead.
Page 9
“Good,” Rosie said. “Can they choose and say no? And us? Do we choose, or get told where to go?”
Art description: A cutaway shows a person sleeping in a furnished room, with a key on the bedside table and a kettle on a small table. Outside, Rosie gestures toward the building while Sam stands beside her. The entrance has steps and a separate ramp.
Pages 10 and 11
Page 10
“We’ve listened!” said Carney. “Your voices were heard!” He signed off the plan without changing a word.
Page 11
She turned in her chair. “I asked who decides.” “Positions!” cried Fordwith. “Best faces! Best sides!”
Art description: Rosie turns toward King Carney with one hand raised while he signs a document at a table. Sam watches from the café. Premier Fordwith gestures toward the building as a photographer aims a camera at him.
Pages 12 and 13
Page 12
“There’s room,” Fordwith cried, “in the photograph, too. Just hold up the bottom of ALL THIS FOR YOU.”
Page 13
A corner curled back from the freshly dressed wall. Beneath it, old gold: A NEW FUTURE FOR ALL.
Text on the plaque in the artwork
A NEW FUTURE FOR ALL 1924
Art description: Sam lifts a corner of the blue-and-white covering beside the entrance while Rosie reaches toward his arm, revealing a gold-coloured plaque dated 1924. Premier Fordwith stands on the steps with one arm extended.
Pages 14 and 15
Page 14
“A fresh start!” cried Fordwith. Out came the paste. He covered the date with commendable haste.
Page 15
They cleared out the tables. “More room!” cried the pair. “For people with money to spend in the square.”
Visible text on the plaque in the artwork
A NEW FUTURE FOR ALL
Art description: The colours begin to fade. Premier Fordwith brushes white paste over the date on the plaque. Rosie sits in her wheelchair beside Sam, who holds their cards. A well-dressed couple occupy a roped-off area with ornate chairs while an attendant carries away a café table, spilling cards from its surface.
Pages 16 and 17
Page 16
The lens caught the doorway, the ribbon, the blue.
Page 17
No Rosie. No Sam. Only ALL THIS FOR YOU.
Text on the banner in the artwork
ALL THIS FOR YOU
Art description: A large, tilted photograph fills the spread in muted colours. King Carney and Premier Fordwith pose smiling on the steps, holding a ribbon beneath the blue banner. Rosie and Sam are absent from the photograph.
Pages 18 and 19
Page 18
The seven rich kingdoms sent praise by the sack. The northern towns’ letters stayed under the stack:
Text on the left letter on page 18
Where do we sleep?
Text on the middle letter on page 18
Released to where?
Heading on the open letter on page 19
From young people in the North
Text on the open letter on page 19
Young people are dying by suicide. We need help here.
Art description: In muted brown and grey tones, a desk holds a thick stack of ornate envelopes with crowns and wax seals. Plain letters extend from beneath the stack. An open letter lies beside an envelope, ink bottle and quill. A vase of autumn leaves stands at the far right.
Pages 20 and 21
Page 20
They carried the cheque up the steps from the rain. Sam wrung out his blanket beside the blocked drain.
Page 21
The cards stuck together. Above them, in view: ALL THIS FOR YOU.
Text on the banner in the artwork
ALL THIS FOR YOU
Fully visible word on the partly obscured plaque
ALL
Art description: The scene is now black and white, and rain falls across the square. Rosie sits outside at the café table, handling wet cards. Sam wrings water from a blanket beside a drain covered with leaves. Across the square, attendants shelter the cheque with an umbrella and carry it up the steps toward King Carney and Premier Fordwith at the open doorway.
Pages 22 and 23
Page 22 — Behind the story
This fictional public-service satire grew out of ABILITYscaled’s examination of University Health Network’s social-medicine housing initiative.
A home matters. So does having control over your own life, and a real say in the decisions made about you.
The characters, dialogue and ceremonial scenes are invented. The questions behind them concern real housing policies, public claims and people’s rights. Our companion report examines that evidence, including what the public record leaves unanswered. An unanswered question is not proof that a safeguard is absent.
© 2026 ABILITYscaled
Page 23 — Read the analysis and sources
ABILITYscaled
University Health Network (UHN) Social Medicine Housing Model and the Disability Rights Accountability Gap
A Public-Accountability Report
ABILITYscaled · October 2026
Read the report and sources on our website
Original source reference: Read the report and sources on LinkedIn
Lance Lattrulo · LinkedIn · 5 October 2026
Art description: A small black-and-white illustration at the bottom right shows Rosie in her wheelchair and Sam walking away together through the rain, viewed from behind.
Background & context
About this publication
Who gets a say?
Rosie brings questions of choice, authority and responsibility into a different form. The story asks what happens when people are spoken about, planned for and included in an announcement, while their part in the decisions remains uncertain.
A person with agency
The satire keeps the question of agency in view: who decides, whose wishes count and who answers for the result? It invites readers to look beyond the presentation of a good outcome and consider the arrangements behind it.
Alongside the report
Rosie’s story sits alongside the UHN accountability report, approaching related questions through illustration and political satire. The report provides the separate examination of public information and unanswered questions.