Minister Qualtrough Announces New Details on Proposed Financial Support for Persons With Disabilities(PWDs) During COVID-19 – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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Last month, the Government announced a series of measures to help Canadians with disabilities navigate the effects of the outbreak, including a one-time, tax-free, non-reportable payment of $600 to assist with additional expenses incurred during the pandemic. Read more athttp://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/minister-qualtrough-announces-new-details-on-proposed-financial-support-for-persons-with-disabilitiespwds-during-covid-19/ Related

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Accessibility News July 18,2020 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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In A Second COVID-19 Wave If There Aren’t Enough Ventilators for All Patients Needing Them, A new Draft Ontario Medical Triage Protocol Would Continue to Discriminate Against COVID-19Patients with Disabilities – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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Despite having four months to fix this serious problem, in the COVID-19 crisis the Ford Government has still not rooted out the current danger to people with disabilities, induced by a protocol that Ontario Health sent to all hospitals last spring. That protocol lets hospitals violate basic human rights of COVID-19 patients with disabilities if […]

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‘They Were Given 20 Years’ – TTC Warns It Will Be Hard to Hit 2025 Target to Make the Subway Accessible – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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David Lepofsky, chair of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act Alliance, a volunteer advocacy group, said the TTC has “absolutely no excuse” for not meeting the 2025 deadline, which the province set in 2005. Read more athttps://aoda.ca/they-were-given-20-years-ttc-warns-it-will-be-hard-to-hit-2025-target-to-make-the-subway-accessible/ Related

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City’s Amphibious Wheelchairs Put the Beach Within Reach – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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All her life, whenever Delaney Dunlop’s friends asked her to go to the beach, she’d decline. The 30-year-old’s battery-powered wheelchair just wasn’t built to traverse the sand. “It took like six people to get it out of the sand,” Dunlop said of one earlier attempt. Read more athttp://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/citys-amphibious-wheelchairs-put-the-beach-within-reach/ Related

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Glove Translates Sign Language in Real-time – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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The cutting-edge glove features thin, stretchable sensors running to the fingertips. These sensors can detect motions and finger placement through electrically conducting yarns. Those sensors are then connected to a tiny circuit board ” approximately the size of a coin worn on users’ wrists. Read more athttp://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/glove-translates-sign-language-in-real-time/ Related

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Accessibility News July 11,2020 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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Toronto Infrastructure Committee Told E-Scooters Would Endanger the Public – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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Toronto City Council Infrastructure Committee Is Warned that to Allow Electric Scooters Would Pose Dangers to Public Safety and to Accessibility for People with Disabilities While the City’s Officers Have No Real Capacity to Enforce New E-Scooter Regulations if Adopted Read more athttps://aoda.ca/toronto-infrastructure-committee-told-e-scooters-would-endanger-the-public/ Related

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