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Ontario Citizenship Minister Carl DeFaris announced this week that Paralympian gold medalist Jeff Adams, one of the original Accessibility Advisory Council appointees, has been named Chair of the Advisory Council.  The Council will work closely with the province’s accessibility directorate.

In September, in a specially designed manual wheelchair, Adams climbed the stairs of the CN Tower to fund school programs raising awareness of disability issues.  Adams, four time Paralympian, six-time World Champion and current world record holder, has clearly accomplished a lot in his life.

This year, Nissan recognized Jeff’s amazing accomplishments when they featured him in their global advertising campaign aimed at revitalizing their name, inviting consumers to “shift” the way they drive.  The premise is that a “shift can change a person, a life, the world, or it can simply change the way you move through it”.  Jeff Adams has made some very large “shifts” in his life and is helping change the world as he moves through it.

A gifted speaker, Jeff’s message is one of inspiration – challenging everyone to have the self-discipline and confidence to go beyond what they once thought was impossible.

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Jeff Adams had planned to climb all 1,776 stairs of Toronto’s CN Tower on September 20, 2001, to raise awareness and funds to address accessibility issues.Funds raised from Adams’ challenging 12-hour climb were to support the Variety Village Outreach Program – an initiative dedicated to educating Canadians about the importance of accessibility and of creating a barrier-free society. Adams was to unveil the new, state-of-the-art wheelchair that, with his strength and determination, would have lifted him to the top.  Because of the recent tragic world events, the climb has been re-scheduled for early 2002.

Jeff Adams has grown from an average Canadian kid who loved sports into a world-class athlete – not simply in spite of being in a wheelchair but to spite being in a wheelchair.  Jeff, a two-time Olympian, four-time Paralympian, six-timeWorld Champion, and current World record holder, has clearly accomplished a lot in his life but still faces the frustrations of physical barriers.