Monthly Archives: April 2010

April 20, 2010
Trish Crawford
LIVING REPORTER

Retired Unitarian minister Peter Hughes had to enter a polling station on the seat of his pants.

“That’s all I could do. They didn’t have a good railing and I didn’t want to fall,” said Hughes, 57, who had polio as a child.

Post-polio syndrome has him using a walker to get around, but to vote in the March 17, 2008 federal by-election, Hughes had to descend the stairs of Toronto’s St. Basil’s Church on his rear end, while another voter carried his walker. It was the only way Hughes could get inside.

A Chance to Make it Right for Disabled Voters. Read full article.

April 17, 2010

Recap of Progress to Date in our Campaign for Fully Accessible Elections in Ontario -and More on Options for Accessible Voting Technology -and our Recent Exchanges with Elections Ontario and the Ontario Government on Elections Accessibility Issues

See https://www.aodaalliance.org/strong-effective-aoda/04112010.asp
and
https://www.aodaalliance.org/strong-effective-aoda/04122010.asp

SABRINA BYRNES / METROLAND
David Onley speaks at conference on geriatric care hosted by Lakeridge Health
Apr 16, 2010 – 04:30 AM
By Reka Szekely

AJAX — When it comes to accessibility, it’s places like Lakeridge Health in Durham that are showing the way for other organizations, said Lt.-Gov. David
Onley in Ajax on Wednesday.

Lieutenant-Governor Talks Accessibility at Ajax Event. Read full article.

12 Apr 2010

It is widely recognized that disabled Ontarians are poorly served when attempting to cast an election ballot. Barriers haven’t yet been eliminated at many
polling places, some of which feature multiple steps or doorways too narrow to accommodate a scooter.

Disabled Voters Snubbed. Read full article.

By Geof Collis
April 10, 2010

The Essex County AAC is paving the way for a more inclusive Ontario by being the first AAC to become a member of the www.COAAC.ca website.

Essex County Accessibility Advisory Committee (AAC) Leads the Way!. Read full article.