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.
Marilyn Erho hated public speaking when she was in high school—now she wants to talk to every school in Alberta.
We’re living in an interesting time—the COVID-19 pandemic seems to have flipped our world, and how we function in it, upside down. Personally, I have felt the impact.
"There are few issues as important as how people with disabilities can cope and preserve their physical and mental health during this COVID-19 outbreak."
We have certainly found ourselves in strange times recently. All of us have been completely disrupted by the momentum and devastating effects of COVID-19.
Rick Hansen Foundation Chief Executive Officer Doramy Ehling on three women in the disability and accessibility community who inspire her.
It’s not hard to find stories about people with disabilities (PWD), but the problem with many of them is that they’re often written by and for people without disabilities.
While Matt Kinnie was studying engineering at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) he was injured in a rock-climbing accident that left him requiring the use of a wheelchair.
This year’s theme for International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPWD) is “The Future is Accessible”.
Tips on creating a supportive environment for students with disabilities Emily, a young adult from Richmond, BC, looks back on her high school sewing class with relief that it’s over—not