Sarnia’s Accessible Kayak and Canoe Launch Makes a Splash – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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Sarnia’s new accessible kayak and canoe launch made a splash with its first user. Pete Williams boarded the facility in a yellow kayak mere minutes after city officials cut a ribbon Thursday morning signifying the $75,000 project’s completion. Read more athttps://aoda.ca/sarnias-accessible-kayak-and-canoe-launch-makes-a-splash/ Related

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Delayed COVID-19 Support Another Example of government’s Inequitable Treatment of Disabled Canadians – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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Editor’s Note: The source interviewed for this piece uses disability-first language to describe herself, and The Pigeon has adapted our language accordingly. We acknowledge that this is not a universal preference. Read more athttp://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/delayed-covid-19-support-another-example-of-governments-inequitable-treatment-of-disabled-canadians/ Related

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It’s Time to Unify the Disability Movement – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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A decision to issue one time, $600 federal payments to Canadians with disabilities, in order to cover the extraordinary expenses they have incurred because of COVID-19, has finally received royal assent. But it’s too little, too late, and reaches too few. Read more athttp://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/opinion-its-time-to-unify-the-disability-movement/ Related

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Removing Barriers for People with Environmental Sensitivities(ES) – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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In the third review of the AODA, the Honourable David Onley recommends needed improvements to the Act. One of these improvements is the need to address accessibility for people who have environmental sensitivities (ES). During the public meetings Onley held while preparing his review, attendees outline the need for removing barriers for people with ES. […]

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Disability Groups Demand Access to North Carolina’s Inaccessible Absentee Voting – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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Today, disability organizations filed a lawsuit against the North Carolina State Board of Elections (“NCSBOE”) for excluding North Carolinians with disabilities from their Absentee Voting program. Read more athttp://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/disability-groups-demand-access-to-north-carolinas-inaccessible-absentee-voting/ Related

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Accessibility News August 1,2020 Update – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/acnewsca AbleDocs Inc. is excited to be joining the Accessibility News team to ensure all documents are made accessible and compliant. AbleDocs is the only organization to guarantee the compliance of the files we produce and back that up with a $10,000,000 guarantee. We look forward to working with you […]

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Ford Government to Spend Over a Half Billion Dollars on New Schools and Major School Additions, Without Announcing Effective Measures to Ensure that These Schools Will be Fully Accessible to Students, Parents and School Staff with Disabilities – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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Last week, the Ford Government announced that it is investing over half a billion dollars into building new schools and expanding existing ones, without announcing any effective measures to ensure that those schools will be designed to be accessible to students, parents, teachers, or other school staff with disabilities. Public money should never be used […]

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An Interim Victory for Disability Advocates – Toronto City Council Directs City Staff to Investigate Dangers to People with Disabilities If Electric Scooters are Allowed – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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Yesterday disability advocates won an important interim victory in Toronto, Canada’s largest city, in the campaign to protect the public, including people with disabilities, from the proven dangers to public safety and disability accessibility that are posed by electric scooters (e-scooters). Read more athttps://aoda.ca/an-interim-victory-for-disability-advocates-toronto-city-council-directs-city-staff-to-investigate-dangers-to-people-with-disabilities-if-electric-scooters-are-allowed/ Related

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More Myths about Workers with Disabilities After the COVID-19 Pandemic – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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In our last article, we described some myths or false ideas that some employers may have about workers with disabilities. Here we outline more myths about workers with disabilities, and discuss how employers can find accurate information. Read more athttps://aoda.ca/more-myths-about-workers-with-disabilities-after-the-covid-19-pandemic/ Related

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More Overwhelming Proof that Electric Scooters Endanger Public Safety – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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On the eve of Toronto City Council considering the question of whether to allow electric scooters in Canada’s largest city, here is yet more overwhelming proof that electric scooters pose a danger to the safety of the public. We set out a sampling of four news articles below. A CBC News July 21, 2020 report […]

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