Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities
July 11, 2017
SUMMARY
Please email the Wynne Government by the end of Friday July 14, 2017 to say you support the AODA Alliance’s answers to the Government’s survey on the disability accessibility barriers that over a third of a million students with disabilities face in Ontario’s education system. You might just say:
Focus on: Legal Specialists & Boutiques
Monday, 10 July 2017
Written By Michael McKiernan
The federal government should learn from Ontario’s mistakes when it comes to accessibility legislation, according to advocates who practise in the burgeoning area of disability law.
Ontario became the first Canadian province to pass a law on the subject in 2005, when the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act set standards designed to remove barriers for disabled people in the realms of employment, goods, services, buildings and more within two decades.
Disabled Canadians are at high risk of sexual abuse often because they can’t communicate with police.
Barbara Collier runs a training program to teach speech-language pathologists how to help people with disabilities communicate with police and in court. By Peter GoffinStaff Reporter
Mon., July 10, 2017
He needed to tell police he’d been sexually abused, but he couldn’t speak.
Brampton single mother launched a constitutional challenge to win child support for her 22-year-old disabled son. By Laurie Monsebraaten Social justice reporter
Sat., July 8, 2017
The provincial government will table an amendment to Ontario’s Family Law Act this fall to give adult children with disabilities access to child support, the Star has learned.
News Jul 07, 2017
by Johanna Weidner Waterloo Region Record|
WATERLOO REGION The region will take a closer look at MobilityPlus to ensure the right people are using the service, including the possibility of finding other transportation for dialysis patients.
Currently, upward of one in four riders is a person travelling for dialysis treatment.
“It’s very big,” said Dave Smith, assistant manager of specialized services for the Region of Waterloo.
