By Geof Collis
August 24, 2011
Note: By Blind I mean anyone from the Partially Sighted on up to total Blindness and of course I dont mean all of Society.
What prompted my current thoughts is the recent article Some Voters Will Cast Ballot at Home where Elections Ontario is launching a new program allowing Home Visits for electors who meet the necessary criteria.
Where did this come from?
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.
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.
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.
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.
