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Making Outdoor Events Accessible

Planning outdoor events can pose some unique challenges when considering accessibility. However, making outdoor events accessible can be easily accomplished. To help with making your outdoor events accessible, this article will explore some relatively simple accessibility solutions to make your event enjoyable for all.

Making Outdoor Events Accessible: Transportation and Parking

Firstly, some of your event goers may be using public transportation. Consider providing accessible public transportation information for festival goers with disabilities, including:

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Massive New Park Set to Open Soon in Brampton

by Christine Sharma on June 1, 2018

After over a decade of construction, a huge new park is set to join Brampton’s roster of incredible outdoor spaces very soon.

If you love going outside, splash pads, or just exploring what the city has to offer, this one’s for you!

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Blind Disability Rights Advocate Has His Right to Mark His Ballot in Private Violated at His Riding’s Returning Office

Elections Ontario Again Fails to Ensure Accessible, Private Voting for All Voters with Disabilities

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance
News Release For Immediate Release

June 1, 2018 Toronto: Blind lawyer, law professor and disability rights advocate David Lepofsky went to vote at his riding’s returning office this afternoon, using what Elections Ontario offers as an accessible voting machine. He experienced three distinct barriers. Worst among these, after he used the machine to mark his ballot, his ballot evidently came out of the voting machine and fell down to the floor, revealing his choice to an Elections Ontario official who was there to assist him in using that technology.

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Join Us at the Saturday June 16, 2018 Public Forum on Disability Accessibility in Barrie Ontario

Check Out the Responses We’ve Received On Social Media from Candidates in the 2018 Ontario Election

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

June 1, 2018

SUMMARY

1. Come to the June 16, 2018 Public Forum On Accessibility in Barrie Ontario

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Making Businesses Accessible ‘Right Thing To Do’

The workshop, My Business Welcomes Everyone, was held during National Accessibility Awareness Week. by: Miriam King
June 1, 2018

After an autoimmune disease damaged Christina Strong’s vocal chords and put her in a wheelchair, she said the obstacles kept coming after she left the hospital.

Looking forward to lunch at a restaurant, she said she felt completely ignored by servers, who directed all their conversation to her mother.

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