Tag: Accessibility
Resident says city is balking on wheelchair ramp promise
Pamela Bell has been disabled for more than three years.
When a spinal cord injury eventually made the Jacksonville resident wheelchair bound a year and...
Terry Using Environmental Control
Terry uses an Environmental Control system to control equipment in his home to enable him to be as independent as possible.
Puppet teaches fire cadets about people with disabilities
DECATUR - Spencer Goodwin wears a Superman ball cap, jeans and a denim jacket as he sits in his specially made wheelchair to teach...
A new deal for the disabled
GN, Hansen Foundation strike partnership to improve wheelchair accessibility
The Government of Nunavut and the Rick Hansen Foundation have signed a partnership agreement that both...
Bell and Rick Hansen Foundation Launch Partnership
Bell welcomes Rick Hansen to its Olympic and Paralympic family and supports youth engagement expansion
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 28 /CNW Telbec/ - Bell and...
‘The injury doesn’t change who you are,’ says Coquitlam man
Rick Hansen made history with his journey around the world but it was only the beginning of what would become his lifelong dream.
With the...
Rallying call for the disabled
Disabled people in Greece should try to get out of their homes more, despite the obstacles they encounter on sidewalks, in stores and on...
Still making a difference
Twenty years ago, the kind of spinal-cord injury Caleb Brousseau sustained when he landed badly from a 12-metre jump while snowboarding in February would...
Disabled activists descend on D.C.
WASHINGTON -- A pair of handcuffs is tucked into one side of Daniese McMullin-Powell's wheelchair -- as always. She keeps a stash of about...
2 CREATE ONLINE SITE DEDICATED TO TRANSFORMING LIVES
Dr Glen House knows the difficulty of re-connecting with the world after a devas-tating injury, of navi-gating life with a Disability.
House is a quadri-plegic;...
