Over the years The Disability Channel (TDC) has met with, worked with and has had the honour and privilege to highlight the achievements of some truly remarkable people. The talents and abilities of those who society has labelled as disabled has always been acknowledged and celebrated by TDC. Despite best efforts, those acknowledgements have not [...]
Join the former Olympian Susan Stewart at a free live media event being held in Toronto on Tuesday, February 6th at 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM at Erin Mills Town Centre. This live recording will be hosted by The Disability Channel’s Frank Sroka who hosts Socially Served. Susan Stewart also hosts a Disability Channel show [...]
Have bright or artificial lights ever bother you? What about loud or repetitive noises? Is your diet extremely limited because you can’t handle certain textures or tastes of certain foods? Are you sensitive to different kinds of smells and have trouble with picking out clothes that you feel comfortable in? Is your balance and motor [...]
Some women can have pretty painful periods. Some women can miss their period consistently, even though they are not pregnant. It is all thanks to polycystic ovary syndrome or PCOS. If you are a teenager or an adult between the ages of 15-44, have a female relative in your family that has it, have obesity, [...]
Some people have more severe anxiety that is diagnosed with various anxiety disorders. When someone has a panic attack though, it is different than an anxiety attack. Panic attacks make you feel like you are going to die or feel helpless and trapped. Avoiding those situations that made people have a panic attack is very [...]
Everyone deals with anxiety, some more than others. We have to accept that it’s a fact of life, it doesn’t go away completely even if we treat it. We just learn how to cope and manage it. A lot of different things can trigger anxiety and is different then just feeling a bit nervous like [...]
Different signs and symptoms of hypothyroidism can vary, it all depends on the range and severity of the thyroid problem, and this is classified as hypothyroidism. These issues can develop at a slow pace if not treated which, makes it difficult to notice anything being out of place. Usually, weight gain and fatigue will be [...]
People who experience visual impairments can now have an amazingly innovative app for the IOS phone users from the minds at Microsoft! The smartphone app uses artificial intelligence and when the user points their phone’s camera, this allows the phone to identify what the user is seeing. It can also work on people as well, [...]
Do food and autism have a connection with each other? It is widely speculated that it does. Doctors used to think that diet and behaviour didn’t affect each other, but they came around to the idea not so long ago. Of course, everybody with autism is different and has a unique experience with it, but [...]
We’ve moved! Toronto ON, October 20th, 2017. We have a new office space! We are now at 601 Christie Street Toronto, ON in the Artscape Wychwood Barns building. It is apart of a community cultural hub which opened in 2008 where arts and culture are majorly present. It is a multi-faceted complex invite living [...]
Background is Artscape Wychwood Barns,
the main headquarters of TDC
