Expand internet access
With a few tweaks to a website, businesses can avoid lawsuits and do what is best for those with disabilities. By Todd Paton
January 16, 2018
The demise of brick-and-mortar retail operations is just one of many examples illustrating our preference for website shopping. Once thought to be the exception, it is now regarded as the rule. The same trend applies for ordering food, banking, and applying for jobs, to name a few more.
Advocate for people with disabilities says entire surplus should go to making TTC more accessible By Philip Lee-Shanok, CBC News Posted: Jan 13, 2018
A lower than forecast demand for Wheel-Trans to get around the city has resulted in a subsidy surplus for the TTC. Half a million fewer rides translated into $15 million in savings.
By Tim Miller, The Intelligencer
Friday, January 12, 2018
The second floor of the Stirling-Rawdon and District Recreation Centre, which is rented out for a variety of community activities, currently has no accessibility options for people with mobility issues.
STIRLING-RAWDON – Christmas came a little early for the Stirling and District Lions Club.
By Martin White | Jan 11, 2018
As our reliance on technology increases within the digital workplace, are we at risk of disenfranchising part of our workforce? PHOTO: Brian Suda
According to the 2010 U.S. Census, one in five people have some form of physical or cognitive disability. And yet as of 2016, only 17.9 percent of people with disabilities were employed, compared with 65.3 percent of people without a disability.
By Ernie Crawford
Published January 11 2018
The convenience of online payments can both enhance the customer experience and accelerate the payment cycle and cash flow.
However, this win-win scenario breaks down if the consumer is unable to make use of the payment processing websitewhich may happen if they are blind or partially sighted and the website or the documents contained on it are not made accessible.
