Welcome to the Rick Hansen Foundation blog! We post regularly on a range of topics and issues in the disability and accessibility community.
Explore past posts to read personal experiences of disability, tips for how to improve accessibility in your community, what you can do to be more inclusive, and more.
World Braille Day is celebrated globally every year on January 4, the anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille.
Each Fall, the Rick Hansen Foundation shares a collection of recommended readings by authors with disabilities.
This is the next blog in our series on how to create more inclusive working environments in honour of October being National Disability Employment Awareness Month.
This is the first week of National Disability Employment Awareness month. October is when we acknowledge and promote the contributions and inclusion of people with disabilities in the workplace.
September 23rd is International Day of Sign Languages, an important day to support the cultural diversity of deaf people and other sign language users.
With the federal election fast-approaching, the Rick Hansen Foundation took a look at party platforms through the lens of the one in five Canadians who live with a disability.
Ben Ho Lung is an intern at the Rick Hansen Foundation, a musician and blind athlete. He lost 97% of his vision at 18 years old.
Repeatedly, human resilience has withstood the test of time.
