Residents Complain About Lack of Accessibility for Wheelchair Users – Accessibility News International

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Tyson Fedor CTV News Calgary Video Journalist@CTV_TysonFedor ContactPublished Tuesday, June 16, 2020 CALGARY –Llano Gorman has lived in his Glendale Meadows home for more than 30 years. He has had more than a dozen surgeries on his legs, which has made him rely on a wheelchair and electric scooter for mobility. He says accessing sidewalks,or […]

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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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Bond Head Residents Frustrated with Dilapidated Sidewalks – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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While Bond Head resident Dave Morton is glad to see the town taking action to ensure the safety of pedestrians in the downtown core, he is left wondering why, after years of complaints and letters to council, the rough-looking sidewalks in Bond Head have never been replaced. In a letter to Mayor Rob Keffer and […]

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Vaudreuil residents struggle with lack of accessibility during the winter – Montreal

Vaudreuil residents struggle with lack of accessibility during the winter Montreal

Piero Gervasi, who is paralyzed from the waist down and uses a wheelchair, recently moved into a condo in Vaudreuil for more accessibility. The interior of the condo has an open concept, with elevators and an exterior ramp, but Gervasi has been dealing with parking issues since he moved there in May. The issues started […]

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DDO residents call on city to lift tempo ban – Montreal

DDO residents call on city to lift tempo ban Montreal

[ad_1] Dollard-des-Ormeaux resident Charlotte Gibson wants the city to lift its ban on temporary car shelters. She wants seniors, those with a disability and people suffering from a serious illness to be exempt from the city’s tempo restriction. Gibson lives with a disability, and although she has a company come and remove snow from her […]

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