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Progress

  • Summer 2020

Re-imagine what’s possible

A beach chair that allows you to wheel through the sand to join your family at a seaside picnic. A drinking system that lets you keep hydrated independently. A crib with a front that swings open so a parent using a wheelchair can reach to comfort their child....
  • Spring 2019

Opening Doors

Everyone, regardless of their mobility, has benefited from an automatic door. For example, a parent pushing a stroller, or someone carrying groceries definitely appreciates an automatic door....

Assistive Tech: Tecla Opens World of Technology for People with Disabilities

In 2010, Komodo Open Lab created Tecla, an assistive device that helps people with physical disabilities use smart phones, tablets and smart home technology. Using Tecla, people are able to use blinking, blowing or whatever movement they have to interact with phones, tablets, computers, lights, TVs, and many other...
  • Winter 2020

Assistive Tech: Novalte

Novalte is a company that specializes in control solutions for people with physical disabilities....

Taking the Guesswork out of Fueling Up

When Niall El-Assaad conceived and developed the fuelService app, it was to solve a very real problem; connecting drivers with mobility disabilities to the gas stations that had confirmed they had the ability to come out and help people fuel up and accept payment....
  • Winter 2020

The Power of SCI Research

The elimination of smallpox. The invention of penicillin. The discovery of stem cell therapy. Whatever your top ten list of medical breakthroughs may be, they share one commonality: the leading role of research. In particular, quality research that yields valuable evidence so that lives can improve in meaningful ways....
  • Summer 2019

Canadian Paralympic Committee allocates $200,000 in funding for Para sport organizations across Canada

The Canadian Paralympic Committee announced on June 10 it has granted $200,000 in funding through the 2019-20 Paralympic Sport Development Fund to support Para sport programming across the country....
  • Summer 2019

Changing the Relationship between Disability and Technology

There are some exciting new studies taking place on a global scale and we want to let you know what they are. We will continue to follow these research initiatives and bring news about them to you as they develop....
  • Summer 2019

A Nation Rallies for Accessibility

The latest national awareness campaign from the Rick Hansen Foundation is showing Canadians the true meaning of access....
  • Spring 2019

RollUP Solutions Inc.: Delivering Affordable Mobility Devices

I was contacted by SCIO and spoke at length with SCIO staff in the London office who thought this would make a great story for Community magazine, and would be of benefit to their clients....
  • Winter 2019

Building a Roadmap to Recovery

Coming soon: a comprehensive resource to navigate the journey from injury to independent living...
  • accessibility, advocacy, AODA, City Planning, Fall 2018

Sault Ste. Marie Leads the Way

Sault Ste. Marie’s city council is determined that the city be a leader in being accessible and barrier free....