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What's New This Week

Today’s Wynne Government Disability Employment Strategy Offers Too Little Immediate Concrete Action and More Delays for Unemployed Ontarians with Disabilities, After More Than Four Years Since the Government Promised Action

Toronto: The Wynne Government’s Disability Employment Strategy, unveiled this afternoon, will do little for months, if not years, to combat high levels of unemployment facing Ontarians with disabilities. In 2015, David Onley (Ontario’s former Lieutenant Governor and now the Wynne Government’s Special Advisor on Accessibility) declared that the unemployment rate facing people with disabilities in Canada is not only a national crisis, it’s a national shame.

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https://www.aoda.ca/todays-wynne-government-disability-employment-strategy-offers-too-little-immediate-concrete-action-and-more-delays-for-unemployed-ontarians-with-disabilities-after-more-than-four-years-since-the/

Making the Business Case for Hiring People with Disabilities

In his address, Mr. Lewis emphasized the need to change perceptions about the key role people with disabilities can play within all areas of a business. “Most of us believe that people with disabilities cannot perform as well on the job as others. At Walgreens, we found that to be untrue and unfair,” Mr. Lewis said. He continued, “We ended up hiring more than 1,000 people with disabilities. We didn’t lower the bar when it came to performance, but we did have to open the door wider to include those who are routinely overlooked. The results exceeded our wildest expectations.”

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https://www.aoda.ca/making-the-business-case-for-hiring-people-with-disabilities/

Manitoba Accessibility Awareness Week kicks off June 4

More than a dozen events will focus on ways to improve accessibility in the province, with guest speakers flying in from Denver and Toronto.

David Lepofsky, a Toronto-based advocate, will be in Winnipeg for three talks during Manitoba Accessibility Awareness Week.

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https://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/manitoba-accessibility-awareness-week-kicks-off-june-4/

‘So many barriers’: Forum discusses jobs and accessibility

Alliance aims to have people noticed for their abilities rather than their disabilities

Islanders shared accessibility issues on P.E.I. and how they want the federal government to improve things at a public forum Wednesday.

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https://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/so-many-barriers-forum-discusses-jobs-and-accessibility/