Posted December 22, 2012
The Ministry of Community and Social Services amended Ontario Regulation 191/11, the Integrated Accessibility Standards (IAS) under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA,) to include new standards governing the design of public spaces in the built environment.
Read more at
http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/source/regs/english/2012/elaws_src_regs_r12413_e.htm#skipmenu
ELECTIONS ONTARIO DOESN’T KNOW WHEN OR IF IT WILL BE READY TO TEST THESE IN AN ONTARIO BY-ELECTION, OR EVEN IF IT WILL EVER AGREE TOO TEST THESE
December 7 2012
SUMMARY
The AODA Alliance continues to spearhead a vigorous campaign to get Ontario voters to have access to the option of telephone and internet voting in Ontario elections. Below, we provide the latest in this seemingly never-ending saga.
By Flannery Dean, CBC News Posted: Dec 5, 2012
Under the current system, the blind as well as those who use canes, walkers, scooters and wheelchairs are allowed to ride HSR free of charge.
A change to Hamilton’s transit policy will force riders with disabilities to pay full fare starting in the new year, the city announced Tuesday.
TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Dec. 3, 2012) – December 3 marks the United Nations’ International Day of Persons with Disabilities. According to the UN, persons with disabilities make up 15 percent of the world’s population and a quarter of the global population is estimated to be directly affected by disability, as care-givers or family members. The theme for 2012 is focused on removing the barriers to an inclusive and accessible society for all.
December 3, 2012
SUMMARY
On December 3, 2012, Ms. Kathleen Wynne became the second candidate to replace Dalton McGuinty as leader of the Ontario Liberal Party (and to become Ontario’s next premier), who has made written commitments to us on disability accessibility. In her December 3, 2012 letter to the AODA Alliance, set out below, Ms. Wynne makes all of the five commitments that we sought from the candidates for leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party. In her letter she commits to:
