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The AODA Clock is Ticking
There are till a fully Accessible Ontario! Will you be compliant?
Latest Headlines
October 5, 2015 8:25 A.M.
Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure
Ontario is conducting targeted audits of large retail organizations with 500 or more employees to determine compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA).
There are resources to help businesses and organizations comply with the AODA including:
Time for Federal Conservatives and Bloc Quebecois to Make the Same Promise
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities
October 5, 2015
SUMMARY
Below we set out a major announcement from Barrier-Free Canada.
Barrier-Free Canada/Canada Sans Barrière
https://www.barrierfreecanada.org
info@barrierfreecanada.org
A Non-Partisan Campaign for a Barrier-Free Canada for All Persons with Disabilities
By Victor Schwartzman
October 5, 2015
Be warned! This tale is creepy. If you have a delicate heart or are easily frightened, stop reading now. Of course, if you are easily frightened avoid reading anything on the election.
MP Dorian Gray is running to keep his seat in the current federal election. A few weeks before the campaign began, the federal Government issued to Dorian and everyone else in Canada the most technologically advanced passport in the world. Dorian liked his new passport, especially the new photograph of him and how handsome he looked.
Will the Liberals, Conservatives and Bloc Quebecois Do So Too?
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities
September 29, 2015
We are pleased to share with you the latest Update from Barrier-Free Canada, set out below.
Barrier-Free Canada/Canada Sans Barrière
www.barrierfreecanada.org
info@barrierfreecanada.org
A Non-Partisan Campaign for a Barrier-Free Canada for All Persons with Disabilities
For those who aren’t familiar Crowd Funding sites help people raise money through the generosity of friends, family and strangers alike, they have varying types of Projects they want funded, 2 such sites are GoFundMe and Kick Starter.
I’m trying to determine if there might be a similar need for a site to Crowd Fund for your Accessibility needs, from websites to wheelchair ramps to medical needs and beyond.
Read more at
https://accessifund.com/fund-this-site/
Consider creative solutions before claiming undue hardship
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
By Deborah Howden
Accommodating mental illness in a condominium setting is no trifling obligation.
Just like physical disability, both the courts and the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal require that mental illness be accommodated up to the point of undue hardship. This is, by all accounts, an onerous standard.
By Victor Schwartzman
September 28, 2015
The starship Enterprise settled into orbit around Altair 4. Captain
Jean-Luc Picard relaxed, sitting in his command chair, sipping Earl Grey
tea. Checking on a distant planet’s progress was routine. For once, all
would be easy.
“Captain, there is a problem.” Commander Data, sitting at the scanning
console, told him, “This planet is .confused.”
“Confused?” Commander Riker asked, walking over. “That doesn’t make sense.”
Barrier-Free Canadas News Release and New One-Page Leaflet, and Motion Before Toronto City Council to Support Passage of the Canadians with Disabilities Act
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities
September 24, 2015
SUMMARY
Heres even more accessibility news for you as the last four weeks are under way, leading to Canadas October 19, 2015 election.
1. Circulate the New Barrier-Free Canada News Release
By Victor Schwartzman
September 21, 2015
It lumbers towards us, dead yet somehow alive: the Zombie Election. Don’t let it get too close. The Zombie Election will eat your brains!
As of this writing, we are halfway through one of the longest federal election campaigns in Canadian history. Why is a Zombie Election threatening us? Because this campaign is long enough to turn anyone into a zombie. Unfortunately, politicians are unusually susceptible to the zombie virus, they succumbed as the election began, and the result is a Zombie Election. (A Zombie Election Campaign has begun in the U.S., which will have its own Zombie Election next year.)
More Media Coverage on Federal and Provincial Disability Accessibility Campaigns and AODA Alliance News Release on Tonight’s TTC Accessible Transit Public Forum
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities
September 16, 2015
SUMMARY
Here’s another grab bag of recent developments on the disability accessibility front, both federally and provincially. Below you will find:
