Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (SHSC) is making strides with their accessible pregnancy clinic. It is known that some women and couples struggle to conceive, but what we do not often hear about are the barriers unique to people with disabilities and pregnancy, such as:
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities http://www.aodaalliance.org aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance
July 30, 2018
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Please join the new non-partisan three month blitz that the AODA Alliance launches today. Help us help tear down the many unfair barriers impeding hundreds of thousands of students with all kinds of disabilities in Ontario schools from fully benefitting from a good education.
There were 170 commitments made at the Global Disability Summit in London, England. Government officials, United Nations (UN) agencies, and CEOs from the private sector made some of the vows. The vows are a vital step towards actions to improve accessibility.
In this article, we will look at some of the vows from the Summit.
July 27, 2018
Thanks to changes to the Electoral Legislation Act passed in the Victorian Parliament yesterday, voters who are blind or have low vision will now have greater electronic voting choices and certainty.
The changes to the Act allow for the possibility of electronic voting options such as telephone or computer-voting to be offered at all Victorian elections, including in the upcoming state election on November 24.
When people with disabilities are using Ontario public transit services, they should find and experience accessible service. Under the IASR, companies that provide public transit have to create and put in place policies and plans to make their services accessible. Since this law has been enacted, public transit has taken steps to make it easier for riders to use their services.
Public transit includes:
