By Scott Dunn, Sun Times, Owen Sound
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
A project to install free accessibility ramps at downtown business entrances kicked off Wednesday at Dr. Cobbler Shoes and Swirls. Project working group member Christine Farrell, left, proposed implementing the StopGap Foundation project in the city. Shopkeepers Ron and Camille Cole, centre, are joined by working group members Andy Underwood in his wheelchair, and behind them, Fraser Lines and Jim McManaman.
Liam Casey
TORONTO, The Canadian Press
Published May 9, 2018
For the first time in a provincial election in Ontario, voters will use electronic voting machines when they head to the polls on June 7.
The voters’ paper lists will also be a thing of past in most ridings, replaced by an electronic version called e-Poll Book.
Elections Ontario says the new technology should help speed up both the voting and ballot-counting process.
By Sally Abrahams & Lee Kumutat
BBC Radio 4, Money Box
6 May 2018
From the “point of view of someone who can’t see” his bank’s upgrade is “appalling”, says Jeff
HSBC, Metro Bank and Halifax have all admitted to failings after redesigning websites that made it hard for their blind or visually impaired customers to access full services online.
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities
April 27, 2018
SUMMARY
On March 20, 2018, the Ontario Government invited public comment, which it would give to the Employment Standards Development Committee. That Committee is conducting a review of the 2011 Employment Accessibility Standard, which the Government enacted under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. It aims at removing and preventing workplace barriers that impede employees and job-seekers with disabilities from getting and keeping a job.
The incident occurred at Bramalea City Centre on April 11
Adrian Cheung, CBC
Posted: Apr 26, 2018
Marva Richardson, left, says employees at a Brampton H&M store were not willing to accommodate the needs of her son Jared (right.)
A Brampton mother is calling for changes in training and an apology from the retail giant H&M after an incident in which she said an employee lacked “compassion and understanding” for her son, who lives with autism.
