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.
At this year’s Gathering Our Voices Aboriginal Youth Conference, RHF Ambassador Trent Seymour spoke to the power of perseverance.
Disabilities can happen to anyone at any time. Whether due to an accident or injury, medical condition or illness, we can all face challenges to our mobility, hearing, or vision.
It’s time for our quarterly reading list! Below is a curated list of articles on disability.
Barriers in the built environment like stairs, manual doors, or narrow doorways are all common obstacles that stop people with disabilities, or aging seniors, from accessing workplaces.
Rick Hansen has said, “I honestly believe that my best work is in front, not behind me.” I think that his statement epitomizes the determination and drive he has put towards making our country more
Today, we want to share some videos about disability that we really love.
Disclaimer: The information in this blog is not a substitute for a diagnosis and treatment plan by a licensed healthcare professional.
In my 29 years on the planet, it took me 23 of them to properly admit something to myself: I’m blind.
Image: (L-R): Sharon Caddy, Kevin Philipupillai, Andrika De Lanerolle, and Kelly MacDonald sit around a round table in front of microphones on a stand in a studio