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ca. 1985
As a child, Rick was sent to the Interprovincial School for the Education of the Deaf in Amherst, where he suffered a variety of abuse1.
Rick was a founding member and co-chair of Deaf Rainbow Community Association.
In 2025, Martell and another complainant won a class action lawsuit against the school where he had grown up, resulting in a $36 million settlement for students2.
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