April 13, 2009

I guess so! If you haven’t heard yet, Dave Shannon, a previous board member of IL Canada, lawyer, disability rights advocate, and now frontier explorer, became the first person in history with quadriplegia and in a wheelchair to reach the North Pole. He along with expedition co-leader and fellow lawyer, Chris Watkins, developed “Team Independence 09” to promote breaking barriers to accessibility and greater community inclusion. To mark this achievement Dave and Chris planted a Wheelchair Access Parking sign on the North Pole along with United Nations, Canadian and Ontario flags.

Upon reaching the pole Dave stated, “This sign represents all people who have faced challenges or adversity in their lives and have dreamed of overcoming them. If we as people work together in our homes, our cities, our countries and in our global village, there is no dream that cannot be realized.”