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.
If opportunity doesn’t exist, then create it.
On August 20, 2022, Mike Shoreman made history as he crossed Lake Ontario on his paddleboard.
Haley Rae Dinnall-Atkinson had learned about the Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Certification™ (RHFAC) Training
Perched on a rocky bluff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, sits Peggy’s Cove Lighthouse.
Closed captioning rarely gets the spotlight. And with reason.
At best, myths about disability are annoying.
As a director of the Greek community at the Greek Orthodox Church in Prince George, Doug Jeffery understood there were people who hadn’t attended church for over two years because they couldn’t acc
There is a meaningful intersection between people with disabilities who are members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community.
After the North Shore Advisory Committee on Disability Issues provided feedback to the District of West Vancouver, the Distr