Accessibility

Jane Hawkins, with her father Allan Hawkins and husband John Bogar, at a South Surrey care facility. Finding wheelchair-accessible taxis for people with mobility issues is often problematic, not just in South Surrey and White Rock but also, across B.C. and the entire country. (Tricia Weel photo)

No-show wheelchair cabs ‘rob people of enjoying special moments’: B.C. couple

Passenger Transportation Accessibility Program aims to improve service through funding, training

 

Ava Secuur sits with her mother Shannon in her hospital bed at the BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver. (Courtesy of BC Children’s Hospital Foundation)

‘Small is mighty’: B.C. child with dwarfism stars in children’s hospital campaign

Ava Secuur was part of a video campaign for the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation

 

FILE - Judy Heumann, center, is applauded during her swearing-in as U.S. Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Service by Judge Gail Bereola, left, in Berkeley, Calif., on Tuesday, June 29, 1993. Standing at left is Berkeley Mayor Loni Hancock with sign language interpreter Joseph Quinn, and Julie Weissman, right, in attendance with a large audience. Heumann, a renowned disability rights activist who helped secure legislation protecting the rights of disabled people, has died at age 75. The news of her passing on Saturday, March 4, 2023, in Washington, was shared on her website and social media accounts. (AP Photo/Susan Ragan, File)

Judy Heumann, disability rights activist, dies at age 75

Heumann contracted polio at age 2 and lost her ability to walk. She devoted her life to advocacy.

 

A wheelchair accessible taxicab in Castlegar, B.C. (Black Press Media file photo)

B.C. announces new funds to offset costs of running wheelchair-accessible taxis

Province hopes change increases availability of rides to people with mobility challenges

A wheelchair accessible taxicab in Castlegar, B.C. (Black Press Media file photo)
Donna Seedorf-Harmuth and Phil Harmuth spend quality time together on Cox Bay. (Cathy Thicke photo)

Free beach wheelchairs create shoreline opportunity B.C. couple thought gone forever

Accessibility grant making lives better, organizations encouraged to chase theirs

Donna Seedorf-Harmuth and Phil Harmuth spend quality time together on Cox Bay. (Cathy Thicke photo)
New accessible play structure in Webster Park on Keith Wilson Road. (City of Chilliwack)

Webster Park gets new play structure in Chilliwack highlighting accessibility

‘We know we have more work to do to create equitable play opportunities for kids,’ mayor says

New accessible play structure in Webster Park on Keith Wilson Road. (City of Chilliwack)
The Cheam Leisure Centre’s “wave-to-open” door sensors are just one of the features which helped the rec centre earn the Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Certified Gold rating. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

Chilliwack’s Cheam Leisure Centre gets gold-level rating for accessibility from Rick Hansen Foundation

City of Chilliwack sets ‘inspiring example’ of how to make public spaces more accessible: Rick Hansen

The Cheam Leisure Centre’s “wave-to-open” door sensors are just one of the features which helped the rec centre earn the Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Certified Gold rating. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
Called Smiley by family and friends, Chilliwack’s Nelson Rioux is facing a world of change after having both of his legs amputated above the knee. (GoFundMe photo)

GoFundMe created to help Chilliwack man after devastating heart attack

Nelson Rioux had both legs amputated above the knees after the heart attack cut off circulation

Called Smiley by family and friends, Chilliwack’s Nelson Rioux is facing a world of change after having both of his legs amputated above the knee. (GoFundMe photo)
There are more than 926,000 British Columbians over the age of 15 with some level of disability. (Photo: Pixabay)

Chilliwack MLA Dan Coulter champions provincial accessibililty legislation

The accessible British Columbia act will let government establish accessibility/inclusion standards

There are more than 926,000 British Columbians over the age of 15 with some level of disability. (Photo: Pixabay)
Joudelie King wants to get out and live life to the fullest, but there are places she can’t go because they don’t meet her accessibility needs. (submitted photo)

New online tool provides accessibility map for people with disabilities

The myCommunity BC map provides accessibility info for nearly 1,000 locations in the province

Joudelie King wants to get out and live life to the fullest, but there are places she can’t go because they don’t meet her accessibility needs. (submitted photo)
Amber Price, who led the effort to get a rainbow crosswalk in Chilliwack, speaks to supporters before the vote to deny the request by council on Sept. 3, 2019. (Jennifer Feinberg/Chilliwack Progress file)

Action plan aims to make Chilliwack more inclusive, diverse and accessible

Council voted in 2019 to deny a rainbow crosswalk, now a new action plan is ready to go

Amber Price, who led the effort to get a rainbow crosswalk in Chilliwack, speaks to supporters before the vote to deny the request by council on Sept. 3, 2019. (Jennifer Feinberg/Chilliwack Progress file)
Access to the west dike on the Vedder Canal has changed with overnight gate closures as of July 1. In this file photo volunteers near the Vedder Canal pick up trash at the first Chilliwack-Vedder River cleanup of the year on April 13, 2019. (Jenna Hauck/ The Progress)

Overnight closures for Vedder dike gates this summer rather than full closure

Working with anti-dumping and angling advocates, City of Chilliwack came up with compromise

Access to the west dike on the Vedder Canal has changed with overnight gate closures as of July 1. In this file photo volunteers near the Vedder Canal pick up trash at the first Chilliwack-Vedder River cleanup of the year on April 13, 2019. (Jenna Hauck/ The Progress)