In 2021, we hired our first two interns at Access to Success. Now that we are hiring for two more new roles, I realized that the culture we are building is nothing like what I thought a not-for-profit is supposed to be like. Here’s why: 1. We work from wherever we want One of our interns split…

“You want to start an accessibility accelerator? Forget about finding 10 startups to participate in your program, you won’t find 20 accessibility startups in all of Canada.” This is what a leading accessibility advocate in Canada replied when I told him of our plans to build an ecosystem to support…

Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to read about successful professionals with everyday jobs who just happened to have a disability. I was just an ordinary kid with rather unimaginative ambitions of a modestly successful professional career. And yet, I’d wonder if even that was asking for too…

The other day I came across a Washington Post article by Joyce Cohen, who argues that restaurant noise is a form of discrimination against those with hearing impairments. As someone who has a hearing impairment, is an accessibility advocate, and counts eating out as his single biggest expense after rent…

Life on the job with a hearing impairment — For as long as I can remember, I’ve had trouble understanding people on the phone. I could hear the sound of their voice, but couldn’t understand the words. As a kid, it caused plenty of frustrated occasions for my family and friends — after all, I could hear “just fine”…