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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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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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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David C. Onley Initiative Making Recommendations to Advance Employment for Post-Secondary Students with Disabilities – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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Companies often assume that accommodating an employee with a disability will cost thousands of dollars. It’s a misperception that can create an additional barrier to finding employment, and it contributes to the job gap between students with disabilities and those without. Read more athttps://aoda.ca/david-c-onley-initiative-making-recommendations-to-advance-employment-for-post-secondary-students-with-disabilities/ Related

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On Global Accessibility Awareness Day, the AODA Alliance Again Writes Ontario’s Education Minister and TVO’s Vice President to Try to Get the Urgent Learning Needs of Students with Disabilities Met – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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In our continuing campaign to get the Ford Government to address the urgent needs of a third of a million vulnerable students with disabilities during the COVID-19 crisis, the AODA Alliance today wrote two important letters, set out below. These are especially timely, because today is the internationally recognized Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). Read […]

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On Global Accessibility Awareness Day, the AODA Alliance Again Writes Ontario?s Education Minister and TVO’s Vice President to Try to Get the Urgent Learning Needs of Students with Disabilities Met – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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In our continuing campaign to get the Ford Government to address the urgent needs of a third of a million vulnerable students with disabilities during the COVID-19 crisis, the AODA Alliance today wrote two important letters, set out below. These are especially timely, because today is the internationally recognized Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). Read […]

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

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

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 […]

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Ford Government Acknowledges Ontario Students with Disabilities Face Added Hardships Trying to learn at Home During COVID-19 But Announces No Comprehensive Plan to Remove the Added Disability Barriers that Online Learning Creates for Them – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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Today, as the first media question at Premier Doug Ford’s Queen’s Park COVID-19 briefing, the Toronto Star told the premier that parents of special needs children have told the Star that they are particularly struggling at this time and that the Government needs to take a leading role in making sure that their children are […]

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Yesterday’s Virtual Town Hall Reveals Serious Hardships Facing Hundreds of Thousands of Ontario Students with Disabilities and Makes Practical Recommendations for Urgent Action – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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But Will the Ford Government Do What’s Needed? Read more athttps://aoda.ca/yesterday%c2%92s-virtual-town-hall-reveals-serious-hardships-facing-hundreds-of-thousands-of-ontario-students-with-disabilities-and-makes-practical-recommendations-for-urgent-action/ Related

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Ontario’s Ministry of Education Must Now Meet the Urgent Needs of A Third of a Million Students with Disabilities During the COVID-19 Crisis – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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A Captioned Online Virtual Town Hall Today at 3 PM Lets Experts Give Practical Action Tips for Teachers and Parents While Schools Remain Closed. Read more athttps://aoda.ca/ontarios-ministry-of-education-must-now-meet-the-urgent-needs-of-a-third-of-a-million-students-with-disabilities-during-the-covid-19-crisis/ Related

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