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

May 7, 2021 / by BBG Security / aoda., aodaalliance

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 […]

Federal Court Rules NYC Discriminates Against Blind and Low Vision Pedestrians by Failing to Make Crosswalk Signals Accessible – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

January 15, 2021 / by BBG Security / Blind, International

New York, NY – In a decision that will remake the streetscape of New York City and improve safety and accessibility for all New Yorkers, a federal court ruled today that New York City’s failure to provide accessible pedestrian signals (APS) at 96.6 % of its signalized intersections violates the civil rights of people with […]

Government of Canada Fighting the Alliance for the Equality of Blind Canadians in Court – Accessibility News International

December 7, 2020 / by BBG Security / Communications, Community

OTTAWA, ON (December 2, 2020) The Government of Canada is fighting a small registered charity and not-for-profit organization in court and refusing to ensure that its websites are accessible to blind, deafblind and partially sighted Canadians. In 2019, the Alliance for the Equality of Blind Canadians (“AEBC”) brought a human rights complaint against the Government […]

Government of Canada Fighting the Alliance for the Equality of Blind Canadians in Court – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

December 7, 2020 / by BBG Security / All, Blind, International

The Government of Canada is fighting a small registered charity and not-for-profit organization in court and refusing to ensure that its websites are accessible to blind, deafblind and partially sighted Canadians. Read more athttps://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/government-of-canada-fighting-the-alliance-for-the-equality-of-blind-canadians-in-court/ Related

Rights of woman who is deaf, blind breached by how student loan administered: Ontario court

October 27, 2020 / by BBG Security / Canada, Canada student loan program, Disabilities, Ontario, Ontario court, Ontario Superior Court, superior court

TORONTO — An Ontario court has ruled that the provincial and federal governments must operate their student loan program in a way that ensures those with disabilities who take longer to complete their studies are not saddled with more debt than their able-bodied peers. But Superior Court Justice Lorne Sossin says the Canada Student […]

Winnipeg lawyers file human rights complaint over inaccessibility of Manitoba court buildings – Winnipeg

October 20, 2020 / by BBG Security / Accessibility, David Ireland, Law Courts, Manitoba courthouses, Manitoba Human Rights Commission, Mike Reimer, News, Peter Tonge

A pair of former Winnipeg lawyers have each filed complaints with the Manitoba Human Rights Commission Tuesday, citing multiple incidents of discrimination throughout their careers. Peter Tonge and Mike Reimer, both of whom live with disabilities, say there are a number of barriers for anyone using a wheelchair or walker who is attempting to […]

‘I had become a burden’: Laval woman accused of killing her children testifies in court – Montreal

January 29, 2019 / by BBG Security / Adele Sorella, Amanda De Vito, Crime, First Degree Murder, Infanticide, Laval court, Laval woman, Nektarios Tzortzinas, Sabrina De Vito

[ad_1] A Quebec woman on trial for murder in the deaths of her two young daughters testified Tuesday that her children were the sole source of joy in her life. Adele Sorella took the stand in her defence, recounting to the jury how her life took a turn following surgery to remove a brain tumour, […]

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