Disability Blog
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Active Living & Fun
The variety of adaptive activities available for people with disabilities is impressive, these examples are from the United States but I’ve been able to find information from Ontario, Canada, where I’m from, and have applied that here in this article, but I’m sure they apply all over the world. While you may have to do…
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Hacks to Make Your Home More Accessible
In a world that was built without wheelchair users in mind, some across the United States share how they make their living spaces a little easier to manage. Hopefully one of these inexpensive hacks will work for you, or even better, spark an idea for your own ingenious access solution which I would love to…
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International wheelchair day
What Is International Wheelchair Day International Wheelchair Day is today (March 1st) and is an annual day of events and activities which take place around the World when wheelchair users celebrate the positive impact a wheelchair has on their lives. Since it was first launched in 2008, celebrations have taken place around the world in…
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ADA 31st Anniversary
Today marks a big day in history for the United States of America (USA). It was on this day back in 1990 that then president George H.W. Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The ADA The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) (42 U.S.C.§ 12101) is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability. It affords similar protections…
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International day of acceptance
What is IDOA? The International Day of Acceptance, which is celebrated every January 20th, is a day dedicated to social acceptance of disability and to honour the late Annie Hopkins, who founded 3E Love and was the creator of the International Symbol of Acceptance. Annie passed away on January 20, 2009, from unexpected complications to…
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Accessible trick or treating
After discovering Treat Accessibly on facebook, I’m going to start promoting accessibility for trick or treating going forward. Treat Accessibly In 2017 the Padulo Family realized they had to change how they set up their trick-or-treating station. Their home has stairs. This meant that someone in their neighbourhood could not enjoy their treats as they…
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Spina Bifida Awareness Month
This year is the first I became aware of spina bifida awareness month that happens every October in the US. We also have on here in Canada that happens in June that I have found out thanks to my research thinking that it was in October here in Canada too, but as I stated that…
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13 Tips on How to Interact with a Wheelchair User
I found a great article about 13 tips on how to interact with a wheelchair user… I have personally come across some of these things… the original article can be found here. National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month September is National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month in the USA. There are approximately 200,000 people living…
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Accessibility Mats
After about 4 years with the Accessibility Advisory committee (AAC), I am proud to have been a part of getting accessibility mats installed at the beach in Port Dover. This took a year of work to accomplish. First as a committee we applied for a grant in July of 2016 for the accessibility mats. After…
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Long Point Island Hugger Tours
Not only am I going to be responsible for the website for this company that I will be talking about in a future post that I will be making when it’s released. But, I also have another job too, I’m the Experience and Disability Consultant in addition to being the Web Designer for this company.