Disability Today Publishing Group

Disability Today Publishing Group, a disability community pioneer and leader for over 30 years, is known for its quality publications and compelling content.

Since its inception in 1990, Disability Today Publishing Group, Inc. has delivered educational and inclusive content through authentic conversations, diverse perspectives and lived experience.

The leading source for information for and about Canada's community of persons with disabilities, Disability Today was born out of the need for special-interest media for the disability sector and those who support our community.

Its product pillars have always been disability-specific magazines and books - more than 300 releases and 2+ million copies in print over three decades.

With the advent of digital and social media, the Disability Today Network (DTN) was branded to serve up relevant content in a new way. Initially connecting Canadians with disabilities to new products, places and people, DTN expanded its scope in recent years in response to the growing need for inclusion and diversity education.

Through its mindset module series, DTN emphasizes new perspectives and practical approaches to diversity and inclusion in the workplace… pioneering new media to enhance corporate culture and allyship for Canada’s disability community.

Double-arm amputee and Paralympic gold-medalist and world record holder Jeff Tiessen is the founder of Disability Today Publishing Group. As a publisher, producer and writer, Tiessen's work has always focused on the disability community, delivering information and motivation to live life actively, independently and confidently.

An award-winning journalist, with over 1,000 published features to his credit, Tiessen is also an inductee in the Canadian Disability Hall of Fame, the Windsor-Essex County Sports Hall of Fame and the University of Windsor Sports Hall of Fame. He's also a proud recipient of the Senate of Canada's Sesquicentennial Medal.

Tiessen is a respected educator, advocate and highly sought-after public speaker. As a presenter and facilitator, he provides audiences with disability literacy education from the lived-experience perspective.

His signature presentation, A Formula for Success, sensitively encourages others to carefully consider what diversity and inclusion mean to them personally.

Beyond his remarkable story of managing a childhood traumatic injury, and his athletic ad professional achievements, Tiessen speaks candidly and humorously about the small victories in his life that truly define this double-arm amputee's formula for success.