Coronavirus: Accessibility advocate calls on Ford government to provide support for special needs students

May 20, 2020 / by BBG Security / Accessibility, Autism, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Ontario, COVID-19, COVID-19 Ontario, e-learning, Health, News, online learning, Ontario e-learning, Ontario government, Ontario schools

A Toronto-based accessibility advocate is calling on the Ontario government for a comprehensive plan to remove barriers that online learning creates for students with disabilities. “We’ve been calling on the government to show leadership. Whether it’s the crisis in nursing homes or the crisis facing students with disabilities, it’s the recurring failure to lead,” said […]

Global Mental Health Crisis Looming Due to coronavirus Pandemic, UN Warns – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

May 18, 2020 / by BBG Security / Health, International

While countries around the world continue to mobilize to contain the spread of COVID-19, mental health experts say we can’t lose sight of an equally alarming issue: The long-term mental health impact the coronavirus pandemic is going to leave on society. Read more athttp://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/global-mental-health-crisis-looming-due-to-coronavirus-pandemic-un-warns/ Related

Global Mental Health Crisis Looming Due to coronavirus Pandemic, UN Warns – Accessibility News International

May 18, 2020 / by BBG Security / Mental

Kate Kelland ReutersMay 14, 2020 While countries around the world continue to mobilize to contain the spread of COVID-19, mental health experts say we can’t lose sight of an equally alarming issue: The long-term mental health impact the coronavirus pandemic is going to leave on society. A mental illness crisis is looming as millions of […]

‘I need help’: Coronavirus highlights disparities among Canadians with disabilities – National

May 6, 2020 / by BBG Security / Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, Canada, Canada Coronavirus, Canadians with Disabilities, Coronavirus, coronavirus canadians with disabilities, Coronavirus In Canada, coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19, covid-19 news, Covid-19 Updates, Disabilities, disabled canadians coronavirus, Education, Health, how coronavirus is affecting disabled canadians, Isolation, March Of Dimes Canada, News, Politics

Prior to the novel coronavirus pandemic, 27-year-old Marissa Blake was rarely ever home. Now, Blake, who lives in Toronto supportive housing and needs assistance to walk, can only have one visitor a week for three hours and can’t see her friends in-person. An appointment to discuss surgery on her legs was cancelled, and her sleep […]

Provincial government Responds to the CNIB Foundation About Accessibility Issues with Ontario Health Card Renewal Process – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

April 23, 2020 / by BBG Security / deaf. blind

Over the last few months, the CNIB Foundation has been asking the Ontario government to ensure Ontarians who are blind, partially sighted or Deafblind have equal access to renewing their health card online. As it stands, a person needs a valid Ontario driver’s licence, which is unacceptable because it prevents Ontarians with sight loss from […]

Provincial government Responds to the CNIB Foundation About Accessibility Issues with Ontario Health Card Renewal Process – Accessibility News International

April 23, 2020 / by BBG Security / Communications

Tell Doctors, Nurses, EMTs or Others You Know That Work in the Health Care System About the AODA Alliance’s Discussion Paper on Ensuring that Medical Triage or Rationing of Health Care Services During the COVID-19 Crisis Does Not Discriminate Against Patients with Disabilities – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

April 15, 2020 / by BBG Security / All, aoda.

Please help us ensure that no people with disabilities who get the COVID-19 virus face any discrimination due to their disability when they seek help from our health care system. This Update offers you ways that you can quickly help, while you remain self-isolating at home. Read more athttps://aoda.ca/tell-doctors-nurses-emts-or-others-you-know-that-work-in-the-health-care-system-about-the-aoda-alliances-discussion-paper-on-ensuring-that-medical-triage-or-rationing-of-health-care-services-durin/ Related

A Discussion Paper on Ensuring that Medical Triage or Rationing of Health Care Services During the COVID-19 Crisis Does Not Discriminate Against Patients with Disabilities – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

April 14, 2020 / by BBG Security / All, aoda.

From the experience in other countries with the COVID-19 crisis, we know that our health care system may get more people needing urgent medical treatment than there are facilities to provide that medical treatment. The Ontario Government has in circulation a health care “triage” (or rationing) protocol for health care facilities to use when making […]

Accessibility essential for Alberta’s COVID-19 updates: ‘We have no choice but to wait’

March 16, 2020 / by BBG Security / 880 Edmonton features, Accessibility, accessible information, Alberta health, Canada, Coronavirus, Covid19, Deaf, edmonton centre for newcomers, Health, HOH, novel coronavirus, Pandemic

On Monday, an ASL/English interpreter was present during an Alberta Health COVID-19 update for the first time. It’s a significant moment for the deaf and hard of hearing community, which had called on the government to provide an interpreter or live captioning during the updates. READ MORE: 74 confirmed coronavirus cases in Alberta; cases detected […]

‘It’s a sad situation’: Developer creating shared housing for the physical disabled – Halifax

March 19, 2019 / by BBG Security / accessible, Apartment, Canada, Disability, disabled, Halifax, handicapped, Health, Housing, Living, Nova Scotia, Options., Politics

[ad_1] A development company in Halifax says fixing the housing problem young adults with physical disabilities are experiencing is “very simple,” and is prepared to show the province exactly what they mean. EcoGreen Homes has an office on Gottingen Street near Cornwallis Street, just a few steps from one of their already underway construction projects. […]

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