Ready, willing and able to do a great job
Helen Henderson  
Long before the current global credit crisis started toppling financial giants, ordinary people with disabilities were seasoned experts in looking for work in a tough job market.

Living with an 'invisible disability'
Raveena Aulakh  
Carolyn Matthews would be stuck without sticky notes.

Campaign to rethink the bathroom
Helen Henderson  
Linda Crabtree's career has been in the toilet for quite some time now. And she couldn't be more enthusiastic.

Some are too demoralized to participate
Helen Henderson  
Election sites have become accessible, but many voters with disabilities stay away.

Proving diversity is good business
Helen Henderson  
Former trader is living example of why hiring should be about ability.

Getting her act together, taking it on the road
Barbara Turnbull  


Getting around in style, with a chair
Rick MacDonald  
For quadriplegic Rick MacDonald, a beautifully restored 1952 Chevy panel van is more than just a set of cool wheels -- it's a declaration of independence.

How Annie's short life inspired her mother's mission
Helen Henderson  
Barbara and Tim Farlow's daughter Annie was just short of three months old when she died three years ago.

Physical barriers tumble, mental ones remain
Helen Henderson  
Tomorrow's ceremony closing the Beijing Olympics will no doubt be another display of spectacular entertainment. Flawless, if the opening performance is any indication. But I'm not really into flawless.

Paving a barrier-free path to financial freedom
Helen Henderson  
Cheryl Duggan buys her clothes on half-price days at Goodwill stores. She chooses only black "because black matches black and I don't want to look poor."


`Correct' is ideal worth pursuing
Helen Henderson  
The phrase "political correctness" has about as much cachet these days as last week's haute couture. Once it was thought of primarily as a way to persuade the powerful that embracing inclusion might ...

Darwin all about diversity
Helen Henderson  
Would Charles Darwin have written me off, taken me right out of the script because I have a disability?

Law needed but why deny families a say?
Helen Henderson  
Like the overseer in a Victorian workhouse, Ontario has made a career of harnessing unpaid labour.

A playground without barriers
Huixia Sun  
For Clayton Trovato, a 12-year-old from Oakville, yesterday was a day of double happiness.

Colour fades but art endures
Barbara Turnbull  
Judith Muir captured the colours that were fading from life and put them all on canvas.