Summary: With 20 percent of people in Australia living with a disability, and that statistic increasing sharply as we all age, accessibility in daily life is becoming an increasingly important issue. We all need to access premises, services, facilities and information, whether it is in travel, work, visiting friends, entertainment or community activities. But for people living with disabilities, there are still significant barriers to access. Rick Hansen is a Canadian man who has been working to change this over the last 25 years. His Rick Hansen Foundation has raised over $200 million. In this instalment of PodRights, Rick talks to Commissioner Graeme Innes about his and other people's achievements, the work and the major issues that are part of a social change assisting in the removal of barriers to accessibility.
