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People with Disabilities Sue BART for Discrimination

SAN FRANCISCOA pair of advocacy groups and two people with disabilities filed a lawsuit today against BART alleging that it discriminates against people with mobility disabilities, effectively excluding them from the regional mass transit system.

For people with disabilities, problems that may be familiar annoyances to most riders can create absolute barriers to access. Problems cited in the lawsuit include elevators that are broken, out of service, or so soiled they are unusable, as well as non-functioning escalators and fare gates.

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Happy 150th Birthday Canada

Response to Strong Partners Key to Fully Accessible Canada– March 17, 2017 Vancouver Sun

Its Canadas 150th birthday and yes, we are getting older. The question is are we getting smarter as a nation, as provinces and as a people? Is Canada and its Provinces seeking strong partnerships with meaningful accessibility results? Are we looking to the future that includes and employs people with disabilities?

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TTC: Accessibility Upgrades Coming to St Patrick Station

TTC: Accessibility Upgrades Coming to St Patrick Station
March 31, 2017
by Jack Landau

As part of its efforts to meet the Province’s Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act of 2005, the TTC’s Easier Access Plan is in the process of improving accessibility across Toronto’s buses, streetcars, and rapid transit hubs. With a number of these projects already underway, work will start this weekend on adding new elevators to St Patrick Station on the University line.

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I’ve Spent Two Years at Ryerson, but I’m Still Learning How to Navigate It

March 28, 2017
By Matt Vocino

The spring of 2015 was a more stressful time than usual. As a student finishing Grade 12, I was preparing to make the big decision that most other kids my age were also trying to sift through: where should I go to university? This is a difficult choice for anyone, but even more so for a person with a disability that requires a mobility device.

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Disability Art: How Do You Participate if Only Two Toronto Venues are Fully Accessible?

March 28, 2017
By Alanna Rizza

Victoria Lacey was at a fundraising gala for Spinal Muscular Atrophy research when she won floor tickets to a sold-out One Direction concert. She was ecstatic.

But her excitement faded months later when she called the Rogers Centres guest experience department to inquire about the arrangements for her to access the venue. She was told she couldnt watch the concert from the floor because her power wheelchair would damage the turf.

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