Helen Anne Henderson (May 11, 1946 – April 11, 2015) was a Canadian disability rights activist and journalist.
In 2011, Henderson gave a TEDx talk at Ryerson about seeing the opportunity in people with disabilities.
[3] Henderson sought palliative care at Bridgepoint Health and died on April 11, 2015, from complications due to lung cancer.
[3] Henderson's column was "the longest running disability beat in Canada" according to Katie Ellis.
[5] In 2016, in recognition of Henderson's contributions to disability rights awareness, the Centre for Independent Living in Toronto (CILT) established the Helen Henderson Literary Award "to acknowledge an exceptional piece of writing that raises social awareness of a disability issue or barrier".