Today Neil Squire is celebrating 39 years!

Since 1984, we have worked to empower nearly 75,000 Canadians with disabilities.

We’re so proud of our participants, staff, volunteers, and supporters, and of all of the work we’ve done together.

Thank you for being part of our journey.

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Today we are joined once again by digital literacy and assistive technology trainer Erin LeBlanc. We discussed her experiences at the CSUN assistive technology conference, the steps required to become accredited in AT, her experiences with her own CSUN course, and much more. If you’ve ever thought about pursuing a degree or certificate in AT, then you won’t want to miss this one.

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We’re marking the 10th anniversary year of the AT Help Desk, and today we are proud to introduce the AT Help Desk Podcast’s French counterpart, Nous avons des solutions! With this addition, we can now proudly say that our podcast is available in both the official languages of New Brunswick.

Click here to listen to our debut episode of Nous avons des solutions!, and here if you want to check out our existing library of English-based podcasts.

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Jody Dickerson

Assistive Technology Professional

Jody is an Assistive Technology Professional who joined Neil Squire in 2021. With a degree in User Experience Design from Simon Fraser University and over 10 years supporting the disability community in employment, education, community access, and independent living, she focuses on bridging the gap between ability and aspiration using mainstream and specialized technologies. Her work includes customizing solutions to enhance independence and ability, while contributing to innovation in accessibility through research, training, and knowledge sharing.

Visit Jody Dickerson’s profile page on LinkedIn.

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Members of our team from across Canada are at ATIA 2023 in Orlando, Florida connecting with assistive technology professionals and learning lots!

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Today we observe the second annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

On September 30^th of each year, we honour the Survivors of residential schools and remember the children who did not return, as well as their families and communities. We take this day as a day of reflection to recognize and commemorate the harmful legacy of the residential school system in Canada.

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With over 20 years of experience, Troy’s career as a chef saw him traveling the world and operating a successful catering business in Vancouver and later Ottawa, where he now lives. And there were some nice perks.

“I worked quite a bit, and I loved it,” he says. “There were so many times, where it was like, ‘Hey Troy, come up to the cottage for the weekend and you can do all the cooking,’ and I’m like, ‘Sure, why not?’ Vacation and get paid, all right.”

However, about four years ago he began having seizures, losing his balance, and eventually becoming unable to walk. After a long process, he was diagnosed with ataxia, a rare neurological degenerative disorder which affects the body’s motor skills, causing difficulty in speech and movement.

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On episode 7, we are joined once again by AT researcher and life-long assistive technology user, Nakia Singh. We talk about video games as medicine (literally!), the Rogers outage and how it affects persons with disabilities, adaptive switch controllers, and more.

Listen on Apple Podcasts, Anchor, Spotify, or Google Podcasts.

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Watching Philippe sing his songs, you’ll notice he can be a bit of a one man band — he’ll sing, he’ll play the guitar, he’ll do the percussion all at once, sometimes he’ll even throw in a harmonizer effect to create harmonies by himself.

Born blind in Clair, New Brunswick, Philippe started his musical journey at five years old, and he can play almost any instrument you can name. He learns songs by ear and adds his own flavour to them, and is a prolific songwriter himself.

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