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Helping Businesses Become More Accessible

Laurie Weir
Dec 20, 2011 – 9:52 AM

Roger Bernicky would like more businesses to be accessible for him and his wheelchair. Laurie Weir Roger Bernicky says he used to be “one of them.”

As he sits in the patient lounge at the Great War Memorial Hospital after having his right leg amputated just below the knee, Bernicky says he used to view those in wheelchairs differently.


Tip Sheet: Helping Employees With Disabilities Stay Safe

Posted December 19, 2011

As an employer, you want to keep your employees safe. Ontario’s Accessibility Standard for Employment can help you do that.


To Mark International Day for People With Disabilities, AODA Alliance Identifies Major Actions Needed by Key Ontario Cabinet Ministers to Advance Ontario Towards Full Accessibility

December 3, 2011

SUMMARY

Today December 3, 2011, is the International Day for People with Disabilities. To mark this important occasion, we are making public our latest initiative to advance our campaign for a barrier-free Ontario.

The AODA Alliance has just written seven cabinet ministers in the Ontario Government. For each, we identify the key disability accessibility issues that they need to address. We link our proposals to election commitments that the Government has made. We offer each minister our help in addressing these issues