June 3, 2010
The AODA Alliance here releases a thorough analysis of the Charles Beer Independent Review of the Ontario Government’s implementation of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (about 20 pages). We hope you find this helpful as an explanation of what the Report found, and how much it responds to concerns and issues we have been raising.
By Suzanne Share
June 10, 2010
Now that the Built Environment Standard Committee for the Province of Ontario has completed their work, my first instinct was to talk about the experience and the outcome. Before putting fingers to the keyboard, another topic came to the forefront. The obvious and first thing to state is I owe a debt of thanks to the participants of a Yahoo Group the Coalition of Ontario Accessibility Advisory Committees (COAAC www.coaac.ca).
Dear Alliance Members:
We are writing this open letter to the membership of the AODA Alliance to thank
you for your tremendous efforts and your leadership in addressing accessibility-rights
issues, as well as for the inspiration and support you have given those of us
outside Ontario who are working to build on your experience and successes.
Read more at
http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/?p=1501
June 3, 2010
Op-Ed from Honourable Madeleine Meilleur, Minister of Community and Social Services
Twenty-five years before he carried the Olympic torch in Vancouver, Rick Hansen inspired a nation by travelling 40,000 km around the world in his wheelchair. Rick shared a message that was the genesis of National Access Awareness Week – a message that is the foundation of our government’s plan for a stronger, accessible Ontario.
By Geof Collis
June 1, 2010
After reading the above named section from the Report of the Independent Review of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 https://www.aoda.ca/?page_id=468 it has become even more apparent that a venue like www.coaac.ca along with its ListServe is exactly what Charles Beer is referring to.
It is also something that David Lepofsky of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance said in a recent article:
