Articles

• Adults With Learning Disabilities by Isabel Shessel
  Excerpt: At 30 years of age, Rob still reads at a grade-three level. He left school after grade 11. Is he another one of the unemployed, disillusioned statistics that we often hear about? Not for a moment! Rob has worked for the...
  
  
• An Attitude Of Prevailing by Nola Millin
  Excerpt: (Ryerson University has established the Marian Chant Disability Studies Award for new and returning students in the Disability Studies program. This summer, six students received financial awards toward completing their...
  
  
• At The Frontier Of Education by Nancy Marlett
  Excerpt: After 20 years at the frontier of transformation in education, the Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies Program (CRDS) at the University of Calgary continues to engage in social and economic innovations in...
  
  
• Athabasca University Increases To Access To Education by Kerry Joyes
  Excerpt: When Elise Schneider found out seven years ago she had Multiple Sclerosis, her life became unplugged. The hope of getting a university degree began to slowly swirl relentlessly towards the drain, just as her energy and...
  
  
• Attendant Services On Campus by Gregg Harper
  Excerpt: Mark Woitzik learned the value of a helping hand after his life took a sudden unexpected turn in 1991 and forced him to adapt in order to continue moving forward. Woitzik joined other students in a water and mudslide...
  
  
• Barriers And Accommodations by Marcia Rioux, Ezra Zubrow, Adele Furrie, Wendy Miller and Mary Bunch
  The authors of a study on the geography of literacy and disability have developed a new variable index that promises to provide a powerful tool for disability activists and policy makers in Canada. Find out more!
  
  
• Best Buddies by Lynne Swanson
  Excerpt: Loree Verbeem and Tanya Milberg are Best Buddies. They chat about their new hair styles, play bingo, watch videos and paint together. Loree teaches Tanya sign language. Tanya gives Loree manicures. Tanya 21, is a...
  
  
• Can We Make It Inclusive? by Michael Bach
  Excerpt: In September, 2000, the federal and provincial/territorial governments (excluding Quebec -- for constitutional reasons) launched the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Initiative to strengthen services to children age...
  
  
• Carleton University by Brian Moretton
  Excerpt: I am a fourth-year student at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, presently completing a degree in Commerce. And I credit the Carleton Residence Attendant Services Program (CRASP) for making it all...
  
  
• Challenge And Collaboration by Sylvie Zebroff
  Excerpt: We came together in Calgary for the first time in January, 2002, from all across Canada, eager to begin an innovative program. We were heading into a particularly transforming educational experience. The Community...