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Woman Says She Was Humiliated at Centre in the Square
Judy Butler, who uses a walker, says she was recently humiliated by staff at the Centre in the Square.
Peter Lee/Record staff
One Kitchener family is not likely to visit the Centre in the Square again after the inconsiderate service they feel they received while attending a school concert.
Judy Butler, who relies on a walker for mobility, said she was humiliated when staff at the centre — in what appeared to be an issue of miscommunication — repeatedly questioned her seating arrangements.
AODA Alliance Calls on Elections Ontario to Provide Telephone and Internet Voting in Upcoming Kitchener-Waterloo By-Election
May 14, 2012
SUMMARY
An organized campaign has been waged since 1999 to make Ontario elections fully accessible to voters with disabilities. As part of this effort, we have advocated for several years for Ontario to provide the option of telephone and internet voting in Ontario elections. These technologies could be very helpful at overcoming serious barriers that voters with disabilities confront when they try to exercise their fundamental right to independently and privately vote.
New Toronto Star On-line Guest Column Co-Written by AODA Alliance Chair Identifies Barriers to Enforcing Human Rights in Ontario
TODAY IS TTC ANNUAL ACCESSIBILITY PUBLIC FORUM
May 10, 2012
SUMMARY
The May 10, 2012 on-line edition of the Toronto Star includes a guest column on barriers that face people who try to enforce their human rights in Ontario. We set out that guest column below. It is co-written by AODA Alliance chair David Lepofsky and the director of the Metro Toronto Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic, Avvy Go. Our position on the need to reform Ontario’s human rights system, set out in this guest column, is fortified when we team up with respected community leaders like Ms. Go. She advocates for human rights from the perspective of racialized communities.
The Catch-22 of Group ome Bylaws
Written by Kevin Marron
Issue Date: May 2012
Bert Gockel wants nothing more than to live quietly in the tranquil rural community of Springfield, Man. But the community won’t let him. He’s not an axe-murderer or a pedophile, though some would say he’s being treated like one. He is being excluded from Springfield because he is an intellectually disabled person who needs special care.
What Plans Does THE McGuinty GOVERNMENT Have for Keeping Its 2011 Election ACCESSIBILITY Promises?
SEVEN CABINET MINISTERS REPLY TO OUR INQUIRIES BUT GIVE VERY FEW SPECIFICS
May 4, 2012
SUMMARY
In the 2007 Ontario election, Premier Dalton McGuinty wrote us to make a series of important election promises on the issue
of disability accessibility. We found it frustrating at times over the next four years when we tried to get the Government to
Andrew Pinto Refuses to Read the AODA Alliance’s Supplemental Brief to the Pinto Human Rights Code Review
AODA ALLIANCE URGES MR. PINTO TO RECONSIDER THAT DECISION – AND MORE MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE PINTO REVIEW
April 24, 2012
SUMMARY
On April 12, 2012 the AODA Alliance submitted a supplemental brief to the Andrew Pinto Human Rights Code Review. The McGuinty Government appointed Toronto lawyer Andrew Pinto to conduct an Independent Review of how effectively human rights are enforced in Ontario.
Can Assistive Technology Make a Website Accessible?
By karlgroves On April 19, 2012
Recently there have been discussions surrounding what I call “pseudo-assistive technologies”. For reference, I’m speaking specifically of products like ReadSpeaker, eSSENTIAL Accessibility, and BrowseAloud.
Read more at
http://www.badeyes.com/?p=389
30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHARTER OF RIGHTS COMPLETE WITH A GUARANTEE OF EQUALITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Many if not most are unaware of the fact that during the
two-year fight over the Charter in Ottawa and across Canada between 1980 and 1982, only one new substantive right was added
to the text of the Charter. That right is the guarantee of equality for people with mental or physical disabilities.
Read more at
http://www.aodaalliance.org/strong-effective-aoda/04172012.asp
Legacy of Local Musician Jeff Healey to Play On in Accessible Park
A swing with extra support at Oriole Park, one of only two playgrounds in Toronto built with accessibility in mind. The third one, Jeff Healey Park, will focus on music. (see image at link below)
Jennifer Pagliaro
Staff Reporter
As a boy, Jeff Healey loved to play in grassy Woodford Park in the city’s west end.
AODA Alliance Submits a Supplemental Brief to the Pinto Human Rights Code Review
AODA Alliance Also Responds to Criticisms of Us Levelled by the Human Rights Legal Support Centre
April 12, 2012
SUMMARY
Here are two recent developments in our effort to ensure that persons with disabilities have full and meaningful access to Ontario’s system for enforcing the right to be free from discrimination guaranteed by the Ontario Human Rights Code.
Taxi of Tomorrow Faces Lawsuits of the Day After
The issue at hand applies here, too. The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act is going to require massive changes in making transportation services accessible. This includes public transit and taxis. One in seven people in Ontario has a disability, according to the provincial government, and that number will rise as the population ages.
Read more at
http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/?p=2584
City Transit Expected to be Totally Accessible by Year-End
Monday, April, 09, 2012pbell lcampbell@metrolandnorthmedia.com
Paul Oullette shows Nora Long and Dorthea Carvell how easily he can access the new city buses.
Remi Renaud secures Paul Ouellette’s wheelchair inside the bus
NORTH BAY – Freedom. That’s the word Dale Norton uses to describe the City’s commitment to providing totally accessible public transit by 2013 and the two new state-of-the-art buses about to hit North Bay streets.
Making Businesses Accessible to All has its Obstacles
April 9, 2012
Barbara Turnbull
LIFE REPORTER
After four years of knocking on the side door of a local Starbucks to have her latte brought out to her, wheelchair user Joanne Smith was thrilled last October when the property owner installed an access ramp.
“It was a great ramp,” she says. “Built to (Ontario’s building) code, with two railings.”
How is Our Campaign for a Fully Accessible Ontario Going?
SAMPLING FROM MEDIA AROUND ONTARIO ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AODA
April 5, 2012
SUMMARY
One way to monitor progress in our campaign for a fully accessible Ontario is to see what the media around Ontario is reporting on this topic. It is not scientific, but it certainly can be interesting.
The Fast Food Menu And A Restaurant’s Duty To A Legally Blind Patron Under The ADA
If restaurants do not provide large-print or Braille menus, they must require their employees to read their entire menu to their legally blind customers.
Failure to read….
Read more at
http://www.amenu.ca/the-fast-food-menu-and-a-restaurants-duty-to-a-legally-blind-patron-under-the-ada/
