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As part of National Accessibility Week, nine people who work in the community took part in Connecting Horizons’ third annual Office Wheelchair Challenge, to experience a day as someone with reduced mobility and to see just how accessible their place of work is.

From being a team of one in advocacy coordinator Iris Phillips’ basement during the COVID-19 pandemic, to having a staff and putting together a three-day conference focusing on special needs - a first in Kahnawake - Connecting Horizons has come a long way in educating about special needs and advocating for those that need it most in the community.

This year is the fourth year of the Challenger baseball game, played at the Hospital baseball field and organized by Connecting Horizons, with help from members of the Kahnawake Mixed Softball League, including its commissioner, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) chief Ryan Montour.

As part of last week’s Disability Awareness Week activities, six members of organizations in the community took part in the Wheelchair Challenge, facing a normal day’s work from the perspective of someone who needs to use a wheelchair in their everyday life. Here’s what each of them had to share about their experiences.

Kahnawake lent its weight to Sunday’s 10th annual Chateauguay Kidney Walk, with the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) team in support of a local dialysis advocate raising close to $5,000 - by far the most of any team.

For Iris Phillips, advocacy coordinator for Connecting Horizons, next week’s Disability Awareness Week activities are an important part of the organization’s efforts in advocating and educating.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) Transportation Department has been given a new wheelchair-accessible bus to add to its fleet, courtesy of Connecting Horizons.

Kahnawa’kehró:non of all ages and abilities got the chance to compete in the Challenger baseball game held Saturday at the hospital baseball field.

Pauline Lahache has been visiting her husband Billy Two Rivers in the hospital for many years, but it was only fairly recently her intuition told her something was seriously off.