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Yearly Archives: 2011

Enabling Behaviour

Special to Financial Post 
Sep 13, 2011
By Suzanne Wintrob

Ontario mandates business accessibility for the disabled

One in seven people in Ontario have a disability, a number that is expected to reach one in five within 20 years because of an aging population. No wonder then that the Ontario government is calling on private and not-for-profit organizations to make their workplaces more accessible. The new Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) forces organizations with 20 employees or more to conform to mandatory standards in customer service, employment, transportation, information and communications and new construction. Customer service is the immediate priority, carrying a Jan. 1, 2012 deadline, and the other standards will be phased in over the next decade.

Enabling Behaviour. Read full article.

Accessible Technology Increasingly a Requirement for Businesses

8/18/2011 6:00:00 AM By: Grant Buckler

Under the Accessibility for Ontarians With Disabilities Act, private businesses operating in the province will have to meet new accessibility standards for customer service by the beginning of next year. Other standards
will follow over the next few years.

But the law, passed in 2005, really just adds specifics to a responsibility businesses across the country have had under human rights legislation for about a quarter century.

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The Accessibility Lesson Which My Co-Workers and I Learned During Dinner

by Ron Brooks
THE BRAILLE FORUM, Volume L July-August 2011 No. 1

In September of 2009, my employer established an internal committee called the North American Diversity Council, whose mission is to
develop and implement programs that promote a culture which welcomes and fosters diversity and that helps us to increase the diversity of our
suppliers and executive and managerial employees.

The Accessibility Lesson Which My Co-Workers and I Learned During Dinner. Read full article.

Accessibility Rules for New Builds Only

By Madeleine Meilleur, The Windsor Star July 18, 2011 5:12 AM  

Re: Parks review: Assessing playgrounds, Star editorial, July 9.

I am writing in response to your July 9 editorial on the province’s proposed accessibility standards under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities
Act, 2005 (AODA).

I first want to congratulate the City of Windsor for proactively considering accessibility for children with disabilities and their families when planning
playgrounds and other outdoor spaces.

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To Meet Accessibility Standards, Windsor to Close 40 Playgrounds

Tristin Hopper 
Jul 1, 2011 – 2:45 PM ET | Last Updated: Jul 1, 2011 2:52 PM ET

To afford accessible playgrounds, Windsor, Ont. is choosing to have less playgrounds.

By 2025 all public Ontario playgrounds are obligated to meet standards laid out in the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. Due to the “massive impact” the specialized equipment will have on Windsor’s playground budget, 40 of the city’s 180 playgrounds will need to be phased out to cover the cost, says a recently-released report by the City of Windsor.

To Meet Accessibility Standards, Windsor to Close 40 Playgrounds. Read full article.

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