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By Gael Hannan On March 25, 2013
It was early one morning at a Tim Hortons drive-thru, a few years ago……
“Mpray uh paken udda, heesh?”
“Oh yes, hi…I’ll have a double-double, one apple juice, and 20 Timbits, please.”
“Mprhhh?”
“Pardon me?”
“Mom, she’s saying….”
“Shh, honey, mommy’s trying to hear….sorry, what was that again?”
“MM-PRHH!?”
“I’m sorry, I have hearing loss, I’m not quite getting…”
by Mark Wafer
Posted March 20, 2013
As i travel across the country speaking with corporations , especially HR specialists , i have began to see a pattern with some companies with Federal contracts who are legislated by the employment equity act to report certain criteria to the federal gov’t, one being the number of employees with disabilities. This is pretty simple. Hire PWD’s in meaningful and competitively paid positions and report this to the Feds…..but…..theres a wrong way and some companies are guilty of this.
CBC News
Posted: Mar 18, 2013 10:32 AM ET
Several dozen people came to Hamilton City Hall to hear a discussion about fare parity on public transit on Monday morning. (Adam Carter/CBC)
Hamilton city council heard from several delegations on its plan to charge blind and disabled people to ride public transit at city hall on Monday morning.
Ontario Human Rights Commission Submission Regarding Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Proposed changes to the barrier-free requirements of the Ontario Building Code Regulation
March 1, 2013
The Ontario Government is proposing amendments to the barrier-free requirements of the Ontario Building Code regulation involving renovations, paths of travel, vertical access, visitable suites in multi-unit residential buildings, adaptable design and construction, visual fire alarms, washrooms, as well as use of educational materials and resources and other changes. Typically changes to the Building Code do not take effect for 12 to 18 months to allow the building and design industry to plan for and adjust to new requirements.
March 6, 2013
SUMMARY
Here are two unrelated recent developments that highlight the recognition of the AODA Alliance as a source of good ideas on how governments can meet the needs of Ontarians with disabilities.
1. Premier Kathleen Wynne Makes Welcoming Phone Call to AODA Alliance Chair
On March 4, 2013, AODA Alliance chair David Lepofsky received an unexpected phone call from Ontario’s new premier, Kathleen Wynne. She said she wants to work together with us.
March 4, 2013
SUMMARY
An important part of the AODA Alliance’s work as a non-partisan advocate for accessibility for people with disabilities, is bringing forward constructive proposals for action. Here is our latest effort.
On March 4, 2013, the AODA Alliance wrote Ontario’s new Premier, Kathleen Wynne. This letter is set out below.
Posted by safeandsilent on March 3, 2013
My email folders are full of messages like this:
“[Organization] is committed to AODA and, in particular, listening to our customer concerns and working towards an accommodating solution. We regret the advertisements that were not closed captioned, and are working with all lines of business on meeting the requirements of the Integrated Accessible Standard and all other standards under AODA. In addition, we are working with various vendors to ensure such an oversight does not occur again.”
March 2, 2013
by Geof Collis and Axel Kruegur
In his bid to have Cogeco make their website accessible to him as a screen reader user and Customer, Axel Krueger might as well have been talking to the wall for all the good it did.
After months and months of jumping through hoops by email and telephone, providing relevant documentation to his case, the CRTC handed down their decision on his complaint, but it wasn’t based in fact.
