Judy Butler, who uses a walker, says she was recently humiliated by staff at the Centre in the Square.
Peter Lee/Record staff
One Kitchener family is not likely to visit the Centre in the Square again after the inconsiderate service they feel they received while attending a school concert.
Judy Butler, who relies on a walker for mobility, said she was humiliated when staff at the centre — in what appeared to be an issue of miscommunication — repeatedly questioned her seating arrangements.
May 14, 2012
SUMMARY
An organized campaign has been waged since 1999 to make Ontario elections fully accessible to voters with disabilities. As part of this effort, we have advocated for several years for Ontario to provide the option of telephone and internet voting in Ontario elections. These technologies could be very helpful at overcoming serious barriers that voters with disabilities confront when they try to exercise their fundamental right to independently and privately vote.
TODAY IS TTC ANNUAL ACCESSIBILITY PUBLIC FORUM
May 10, 2012
SUMMARY
The May 10, 2012 on-line edition of the Toronto Star includes a guest column on barriers that face people who try to enforce their human rights in Ontario. We set out that guest column below. It is co-written by AODA Alliance chair David Lepofsky and the director of the Metro Toronto Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic, Avvy Go. Our position on the need to reform Ontario’s human rights system, set out in this guest column, is fortified when we team up with respected community leaders like Ms. Go. She advocates for human rights from the perspective of racialized communities.
Written by Kevin Marron
Issue Date: May 2012
Bert Gockel wants nothing more than to live quietly in the tranquil rural community of Springfield, Man. But the community won’t let him. He’s not an axe-murderer or a pedophile, though some would say he’s being treated like one. He is being excluded from Springfield because he is an intellectually disabled person who needs special care.
SEVEN CABINET MINISTERS REPLY TO OUR INQUIRIES BUT GIVE VERY FEW SPECIFICS
May 4, 2012
SUMMARY
In the 2007 Ontario election, Premier Dalton McGuinty wrote us to make a series of important election promises on the issue
of disability accessibility. We found it frustrating at times over the next four years when we tried to get the Government to
