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Adaptive Fashion is his Superpower

Adaptive fashion designer Travis Iverson always liked looking his best. His interest in style did not end when, at the age of 21, he sustained a spinal cord injury. He became a quadriplegic, breaking his C3, C4 and C5 vertebrae from a diving accident while at a friend’s cottage....

Pride Beyond Visibility: Jeff and Troy on Disability, Advocacy, and Community

Pride is often associated with celebration, visibility, and progress. But for Jeff and Troy, Pride is also about advocacy, accessibility, and ensuring that no one is left behind. As members of both the 2SLGBTQIA+ and disability communities, their experiences reveal the unique challenges that can arise at the intersection...

  • Fall/Winter 2024, Story Highlights

Winter Is Coming ~ Plan Ahead

Living in Ontario means cold weather, ice, windchill, snow, and slush for at least four months of the year, probably longer. It's a challenging time for everyone, but especially for people with disabilities....
  • Spring/Summer 2024

Are You Ready To Get Floored?

Looking for flooring that stands up to the demands of a power wheelchair? Explore expert tips and firsthand experiences here......
  • Fall/Winter 23-24

You Can Really Roll Into These Rentals!

When opportunity knocked, Guy Solomon answered....
  • Spring 2023

Alarmed but not Armed

When I was young I used to think that the higher up in the hotel you were the “better” or “more important you were” ― likely from too much TV. Now I am surprised and delighted when I am given a room on the main floor. Wondering why?...
  • Spring 2023

Accessibility in the Housing Market

Whether it’s a first home or a forever home Jeffrey has the knowledge and experience to help his clients make the right move. In 2019 he received the RE/MAX Lifetime Achievement Award....
  • Fall 2022

Airlines Continue to Fail People with Disabilities

In September, disability advocate Maayan Ziv’s worst nightmare came true, when she landed in Israel with her customized electric wheelchair mangled and unusable....
  • Fall 2022

Subject to Availability

Imagine paying thousands of dollars and travelling many hours only to arrive at your pre-booked vacation destination and discover that a private space to bathe and defecate was not available....
  • Fall 2022

When It’s Time To Move

What are your needs and your family's needs now? How about 5 years from now? 10 years from now?...
  • Spring 2022

Modify or Move? Be a Chess Player and Plan Ahead!

Modify or Move? This is one of the top questions that my clients ask me. And I encourage you to ask it, too. There are many factors to consider, so it’s never really a simple ‘yes or no’ answer....
  • Spring 2022

6 Tips for Travelling in a Post-Covid World

With much of the world returning to normal, travel plans are on the list for many Canadians who are eager to sightsee, take a dip in the ocean or visit loved ones abroad....
  • Winter 2021/2022

Buying a Wheelchair Accessible Condo

Finding a wheelchair accessible condo in today’s market is a challenge. Modified and purpose-built wheelchair accessible condos rarely come up for sale and most buyers that I work with choose to buy a condo that can be modified to meet their needs....
  • Summer 2021

Laneway Housing: Accessible Urban Living In Your Backyard!

Mark Twain once said “Buy land, they’re not making it anymore,”...I would add “especially land to build an accessible home.”...
  • Spring 2021

Wheelchair Accessible Condos Are Ready

It’s Time To Move In!...
  • Winter 2021

Say Goodbye to Closet Chaos!

The great thing about most closets is that you can close the door and not have to look at the chaos inside. However, when the time comes to find something and easily reach it, that’s a different story. And if you are a person with a disability and access...
  • Fall 2020

For Over 63 Years Lyndhurst Has Been A Part of My Family

I’ve been helping Lyndhurst clients buy and sell wheelchair accessible homes since 2004, and a contributor to Outspoken! and Community since 2013. So when it was announced that the fall 2020 edition of Community would be dedicated to the 75th Anniversary, I thought it would be a great time...
  • Summer 2020

Barrier-Free Real Estate

David Onley & Jeffrey KerrIn his forward to Jeffrey Kerr’s new book, Barrier-Free Real Estate, Achieving Freedom At Home, Hon. David C. Onley. CM, OOnt. says, “In a world with precious little information on accessible housing, I find...
  • Summer 2020

Home Smart Home

Technology is constantly evolving and improving to adapt to our changing needs. A good example of this is the use of smart home technology to provide greater independence at home for people with disabilities....
  • Spring 2020

Colour Your World

Patrick Hunter is a Two-Spirit Ojibway artist, graphic designer and entrepreneur from Red Lake, Ontario. In 2011, he made the move to Toronto to pursue a career in the arts after completing the graphic design program at Sault College in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario....
  • Spring 2020

Cultivating the Gardening Habit

“Half of the interest of a garden is the constant exercise of the imagination.”

-Mrs. C.W. Earle, Pot-Pourri from a Surrey Garden: The Classic Diary of a Victorian Lady, 1897
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