Council of Canadians with Disabilities Response to COVID-19 Funding Falling Through Cracks – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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June 10, 2020 marked a disappointing day for Canadians with disabilities. Finally, government put forward financial relief for Canadians with disabilities only to have the bill fail on the floor. Read more athttp://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/council-of-canadians-with-disabilities-response-to-covid-19-funding-falling-through-cracks/ Related

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Send Us Your Feedback Very Quickly on Our Draft Brief to the Ontario Government on the Urgent Needs of K-12 Students with Disabilities During the COVID-19 Crisis – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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We are rushing to prepare and submit a brief to the Ford Government on what it must do now and as schools eventually re-open to meet the urgent needs of students with disabilities during the COVID-19 crisis. We have assembled a draft brief, which we set out below. We want your feedback and ideas. We […]

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Will Ottawa City Council Today Vote to Conduct a Deeply Troubling Experiment on Ottawa Residents and Visitors By Allowing Electric Scooters that Endanger People with Disabilities and Others? – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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On the eve of today’s Ottawa City Council vote on whether to allow electric scooters (e-scooters), in the nation’s capital, the AODA Alliance obtained information from the office of Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson that exposes new serious problems with Ottawa’s proposal. Today, Ottawa City Council will decide whether to allow uninsured, untrained, unlicensed, unhelmetted e-scooter […]

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U of T Accessibility Services Supports Students During COVID-19. – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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Anna Dawson, who just finished her first year at U of T Mississauga, says the academic accommodations she received from U of T made it possible for her to excel in her studies. Read more athttps://aoda.ca/the-equal-opportunity-i-needed-u-of-t-accessibility-services-supports-students-during-covid-19/ Related

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Blind Student Files Federal Discrimination Lawsuit Against Duke University – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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Before Mary Fernandez enrolled at Duke University, she was assured she would be provided the accommodations for an equal education to her peers who aren’t blind. Despite that assurance, Fernandez experienced barriers that permeated every aspect of her educational experience at Duke, according to a news release about a new federal lawsuit against the university. […]

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Accessibility News June 6,2020 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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Provincial Disability Coalition Urges Ottawa City Council to Reject Impending Proposal to Allow Electric Scooters that Endanger People with Disabilities and Others – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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In a stunning affront to National AccessAbility Week, and while the COVID-19 crisis persists with no end in sight, Ottawa City Council’s Transportation Committee this week proposes to expose people with disabilities and others in Ottawa to proven dangers posed by allowing public use and rental of electric scooters (e-scooters). E-scooters will lead to personal […]

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To Honour National AccessAbility Week, the Ford Government Announces Nothing New to Address the Unmet Urgent Needs of 2.6 Million Ontarians with Disabilities During the COVID-19 Crisis – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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The Ford Government’s self-congratulatory June 1, 2020 announcement to mark National AccessAbility Week (set out below) announces no comprehensive plan of new action to address the unmet urgent needs of 2.6 million Ontarians with disabilities during the COVID-19 crisis. Instead it once again simply re-announces measures that have been in place for months or years […]

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The Realities of U of T Students in the Age of ‘Zoom University’ – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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Given the massive shift in how U of T students are taught presently and in the future, I wanted to examine what online learning looks like across the province and around the world. How can communities support each other from afar? Could online courses play a more permanent role in U of T’s future? Read […]

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