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.
The City of Vancouver adopted an Accessibility Strategy in 2022 that highlights eight ways that the City is seeking t
Today is World Braille Day, a day dedicated to raise awareness of the issues impacting people living with sight loss, and a day to celebrate the birth of Louis Braille who invented the braille syst
The Salt Spring and Southern Gulf Islands Community Services Society (SSICS) McPhillips Building, a building erected in the 1920’s and housed in the district of Ganges Village on Salt Spring Island
Allyship. It’s a word that generates a lot of buzz these days. But what exactly does allyship mean? And what does it mean to people with disabilities?
In honour of International Day of Persons with Disabilities, which takes place annually on December 3rd, the Rick Hansen Foundation School Program (RHFSP) virtually brought together members from RH
Each year the Rick Hansen Foundation shares Reading Lists which highlight stories written by authors with disabilities.
With the recent expansion of the digital world, there has been a change in the way we communicate.
In a community nestled along the north bank of the Bow River in Calgary is the Parkdale Community Association (PCA).
Saturday, Dec. 3, is International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPwD)!