With a Federal Election Looming, Two Captioned Videos Explain Why Canada Needs a Strong Accessible Canada Act and Why the One that Passed in 2019 Needs to Be Strengthened

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It sure looks, sounds, tastes and smells like there is a federal election in the air. That means it is time for disability advocates to gear up to ask the federal parties for election commitments on accessibility for over six million people with disabilities in Canada! Read more athttps://aoda.ca/with-a-federal-election-looming-two-captioned-videos-explain-why-canada-needs-a-strong-accessible-canada-act-and-why-the-one-that-passed-in-2019-needs-to-be-strengthened/ Related

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Is There a Right Way to Act Blind?

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Activists slammed the TV show “In the Dark” for casting a sighted actress in a blind lead role. But what if blindness is a performance of its own? Read mroe athttps://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/is-there-a-right-way-to-act-blind/ Related

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Disability Rights Advocate Launches Court Application Against the Ford Government for Violating the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act

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He asks the Court to order Ontario’s Minister for Seniors and Accessibility to immediately post on line and otherwise make public the initial recommendations for measures needed to tear down barriers in Ontario’s education system plaguing students with disabilities and in Ontario’s health care system, impeding patients with disabilities, that the Minister received from three […]

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OPINION: In Anticipation of A BC Accessibility Act

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Imagine for a moment you were the keynote speaker at an event, but you arrived and couldn’t get onto the stage. What if you couldn’t speak and were refused medical services unless you allowed someone to speak for you? Read more athttps://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/opinion-in-anticipation-of-a-bc-accessibility-act/ Related

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Send Us Your Feedback on the Information and Communication Standards Development Committee’s Final Recommendations on What is Needed to Strengthen the 2011 Information and Communication Accessibility Standard, Enacted under Ontario’s Disabilities Act – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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Over the past weeks, there has been a ton of breaking news on different fronts of our never-ending campaign for accessibility for people with disabilities. Before we shut down for the holidays, we’re going to try to catch you up on some that we have not earlier been able to address. Read more athttps://aoda.ca/send-us-your-feedback-on-the-information-and-communication-standards-development-committees-final-recommendations-on-what-is-needed-to-strengthen-the-2011-information-and-communication-accessibilit/ Related

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It’s Time for the Ford Government to Agree to Create a Built Environment Accessibility Standard under Ontario’s Disabilities Act – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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Today is the first day of our non-partisan grassroots disability accessibility movement’s 27th year in action!! Read more athttps://aoda.ca/its-time-for-the-ford-government-to-agree-to-create-a-built-environment-accessibility-standard-under-ontarios-disabilities-act/ Related

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What is the Ford Government Doing to Effectively Enforce the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act? – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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The Ford Government has the responsibility to effectively enforce the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. Today, the AODA Alliance wrote the responsible Minister, Accessibility Minister Raymond Cho. We asked him for important and specific details on what The Government is doing to effectively enforce the AODA. We also asked for information on how many […]

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Landmark Toronto Star Guest Column by the Authors of the Three Successive Government-Appointed Independent Reviews of Ontario’s Disabilities Act Demands Immediate Strong New Government Action on Serious Hardships Facing People with Disabilities – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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The Ontario Government has failed to effectively implement the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, and must now show the much-needed missing leadership that Ontarians with disabilities need. That was the message of a powerful guest column appearing in today’s online Toronto Star, set out below. This column is an amazing and unprecedented combined effort […]

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