Please Send Us Your Feedback on the AODA Alliance’s Draft Brief to the Health Care Standards Development Committee on the Disability Barriers in Ontario’s Health Care System

July 23, 2021 / by BBG Security / All, aoda.

We’ve been busy as can be, writing a brief that we plan to submit by August 11, 2021 to the Health Care Standards Development Committee. The Ontario Government appointed that Committee back in 2017 to come up with recommendations on what the promised Health Care Accessibility Standard should include. The Health Care Accessibility Standard is […]

Attend CNIB’s July 27, 2021 Virtual Town Hall on Dangers that Electric Scooters Pose for People with Disabilities if London Ontario Allows Them

July 22, 2021 / by BBG Security / All, aoda.

and— Please Fill Out an Important Online Survey About Disability Barriers in Ontario’s Courts Read more athttps://aoda.ca/attend-cnibs-july-27-2021-virtual-town-hall-on-dangers-that-electric-scooters-pose-for-people-with-disabilities-if-london-ontario-allows-them/ Related

New Award-Winning App Helps the Visually Impaired Manage Their Wardrobe

July 22, 2021 / by BBG Security / Blind, International

Two Industrial Design students from Carleton University have won an Innovative Designs for Accessibility (IDeA) student competition award from Universities Canada. Liana Meere and Mandy Hui took top honours in the competition’s Attitudinal/Systemic barriers category for their concept Closet, a label system that enables people with visual disabilities to independently manage their clothes. Read more […]

Report: Nova Scotia Failing to Meet Its Commitment to De-Institutionalize People With Disabilities

July 22, 2021 / by BBG Security / All, International

A report issued yesterday by the Disability Rights Coalition says there remains “a mismatch” between government rhetoric on providing services to disabled adults and the frustrating reality faced by many families. Read more athttps://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/report-nova-scotia-failing-to-meet-its-commitment-to-de-institutionalize-people-with-disabilities/ Related

Supporting an ‘Active’ Recovery Means Improving the Accessibility of Outdoor Spaces

July 21, 2021 / by BBG Security / All, International

The government’s investment in active transportation should benefit rural, accessible outdoor spaces Read more athttps://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/supporting-an-active-recovery-means-improving-the-accessibility-of-outdoor-spaces/ Related

Montreal Advocates Call for Better Accessibility

July 20, 2021 / by BBG Security / All, International, Mobility

Pontini pointed out that the problem of accessibility for people with reduced mobility in the city is nothing new and that for years they’ve been demanding improved access. According to her, more businesses and building owners could easily make the accommodations more effective by consulting experts – the people who need to services. Read more […]

Woman With Disabilities Wants Change to Province’s Household Income Policy

July 19, 2021 / by BBG Security / All, International

Saint John resident Kaitlyn Layden has been advocating for the revision of Social Development’s household income policy for years. She says the policy forces her to choose between getting married and moving in with her fiance or having financial stability with the department’s support. Read more athttps://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/woman-with-disabilities-wants-change-to-provinces-household-income-policy/ Related

Montreal advocates call for better accessibility – Montreal | Globalnews.ca

July 16, 2021 / by BBG Security / Accessibility, Canada, Claude Varin, Global Montreal At 5:30, Heritage Montreal, Montreal Accessibility, Multiple Sclerosis, RAPLIQ, Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Valerie Plante, Wheelchair lift

Marie Pontini is a competitive bodybuilder who likes to keep active. But she’s frustrated that she cannot always get to where she wants to. There isn’t always access for her wheelchair, which she uses because she has multiple sclerosis. “New buildings, they have to be accessible,” she told Global News, “but there’s no guidelines […]

Montreal Man Hits Brick Wall in Fight for Accessibility

July 16, 2021 / by BBG Security / Mobility

By Phil Carpenter , Global NewsPosted July 15, 2021 A Montreal man living with multiple sclerosis has been denied a permit to build a wheelchair lift in front of his apartment. Claude Varin can’t leave his second floor apartment as often as he’d like. There are 18 steps to get to his front door from […]

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