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 latest updates on the programs at the Rick Hansen Foundation for Spring and Summer 2020.
You’ve probably heard the sayings “a healthy body is a healthy mind,” or “a body in motion, stays in motion,” but what do they really mean?
2020 has been a challenging year. The COVID-19 pandemic is creating new challenges for students, families and educators alike.
The City of Vaughan is one of the fastest-growing and most diverse municipalities in Canada.
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.