News articles regarding the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)
Posted to site July 5, 2010
The Ontario Human Rights Commission has serious concerns about the degree to which people with mental health disabilities experience discrimination in areas such as employment, housing, and services. Discriminating against someone because they have a mental health disability or addiction is a violation of Ontario’s Human Rights Code.
June 15, 2010
In the 2003 provincial election, Dalton McGuinty promised that the
Disabilities Act his Government would pass would have effective enforcement.
Seven years later, and half a year after the first accessibility standard went into effect under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities
Act, we are only now learning some limited details about what enforcement there will be.
June 3, 2010
Op-Ed from Honourable Madeleine Meilleur, Minister of Community and Social Services
Twenty-five years before he carried the Olympic torch in Vancouver, Rick Hansen inspired a nation by travelling 40,000 km around the world in his wheelchair. Rick shared a message that was the genesis of National Access Awareness Week – a message that is the foundation of our government’s plan for a stronger, accessible Ontario.
May 31, 2010 1:00 PM
McGuinty Government Breaking Down Barriers While Supporting Business
Ontario is celebrating National Access Awareness Week and marking the fifth anniversary of the province’s groundbreaking Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005.
Posted by sam
on May 19th, 2010
“Disability is one element of the identity that makes a person whole,” says Rabia Kedhr, speaking in Brock’s Sankey Chamber.
As a university student, Rabia Kedhr was accommodated, but she wasn’t always included. And that’s something higher education needs to change, she says.
