Farmers with Disabilities

Every year Saskatchewan farmers are affected by accidents, illness or changing health and are faced with some hard questions. Do I keep farming or not? If I do, how am I going to manage?

The Farmers with Disabilities program began in 1985 to help answer these questions, and provide support for farmers with disabilities who want to stay on the land. Through the program, farmers across Saskatchewan have formed a network they can rely on for advice and support. Injured farmers and farmers with disabling health conditions can talk with others who have experienced the same challenge. Farmers having trouble adapting their equipment for their disability can draw on the network for ideas.

Farmers with Disabilities publishes a newsletter, the HANDIFARMER, with news on upcoming conferences, ideas on adapting equipment, tips on safety and accident prevention, and stories of how other farmers are dealing with their disabilities. Recent issues of HANDIFARMER are available on-line.

We have compiled an extensive collection of resource material on special tools, farming aids and modifications or adaptations which have been made to farm equipment and yards by families who have already gone through the process. Click here to view our Changing Gear Machinery Modifications Catalogue. The catalogue is also available on CD-ROM.

For more information on Farmers with Disabilities, contact program coordinator For more information on Farmers with Disabilities, contact the Farmers with Disabilities Coordinator, in Saskatoon at 374-4448, or e-mail: farmerswithdisabilities@abilitiescouncil.sk.ca .

Farmers with Disabilities is made possible through the generous support of our sponsors.