August 13, 2020 / by BBG Security / Canada, Disabilities, Disability, Haily Butler-Henderson, Human Rights, Human Rights Tribunal, HUman rights Tribunal of ONtario, mobility aids, Ontario human rights tribunal, Pentagram Bar and Grill, Toronto, Toronto restaurant, woman mobility aids
TORONTO — A Toronto restaurant discriminated against a woman who uses mobility devices and “publicly humiliated” her by refusing to let her use its bathroom four years ago, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has ruled. In a decision issued this week, the tribunal says Haily Butler-Henderson “experienced adverse treatment” when she was repeatedly refused […]
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Sign Up To Attend October 1, 2020 virtual town Hall on How to Advocate Against Allowing Electric Scooters in Toronto which Endanger People with Disabilities, Seniors and Others – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.
September 28, 2020 / by BBG Security / All
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Society for All People with DisabilitiesWeb: http://www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/aodaalliance/ September 28, 2020 SUMMARY Here is a great way for you to help the important campaign to get Toronto Mayor John Tory and the Toronto City Council not to allow […]
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Landmark Toronto Star Guest Column by the Authors of the Three Successive Government-Appointed Independent Reviews of Ontario’s Disabilities Act Demands Immediate Strong New Government Action on Serious Hardships Facing People with Disabilities – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.
September 16, 2020 / by BBG Security / All, aoda.
The Ontario Government has failed to effectively implement the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, and must now show the much-needed missing leadership that Ontarians with disabilities need. That was the message of a powerful guest column appearing in today’s online Toronto Star, set out below. This column is an amazing and unprecedented combined effort […]
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Toronto Restaurant Discriminated Against Woman Who Uses Mobility Aids, Tribunal Rules – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.
August 20, 2020 / by BBG Security / All, aoda.
In a decision issued this week, the tribunal says Haily ButlerHenderson “experienced adverse treatment” when she was repeatedly refused access to a downstairs washroom at the Pentagram Bar and Grill on Aug. 19, 2016. Read more athttps://aoda.ca/toronto-restaurant-discriminated-against-woman-who-uses-mobility-aids-tribunal-rules/ Related
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Toronto restaurant discriminated against woman who uses mobility aids, tribunal rules – Toronto
August 13, 2020 / by BBG Security / Canada, Disabilities, Disability, Haily Butler-Henderson, Human Rights, Human Rights Tribunal, HUman rights Tribunal of ONtario, mobility aids, Ontario human rights tribunal, Pentagram Bar and Grill, Toronto, Toronto restaurant, woman mobility aids
TORONTO — A Toronto restaurant discriminated against a woman who uses mobility devices and “publicly humiliated” her by refusing to let her use its bathroom four years ago, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has ruled. In a decision issued this week, the tribunal says Haily Butler-Henderson “experienced adverse treatment” when she was repeatedly refused […]
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An Interim Victory for Disability Advocates – Toronto City Council Directs City Staff to Investigate Dangers to People with Disabilities If Electric Scooters are Allowed – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.
July 29, 2020 / by BBG Security / All, aoda.
Yesterday disability advocates won an important interim victory in Toronto, Canada’s largest city, in the campaign to protect the public, including people with disabilities, from the proven dangers to public safety and disability accessibility that are posed by electric scooters (e-scooters). Read more athttps://aoda.ca/an-interim-victory-for-disability-advocates-toronto-city-council-directs-city-staff-to-investigate-dangers-to-people-with-disabilities-if-electric-scooters-are-allowed/ Related
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Tell Toronto City Council Not to Subject Canada’s Largest City to the Dangers, Personal Injuries and New Disability Barriers that Electric Scooters Cause – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.
July 24, 2020 / by BBG Security / All, aoda.
At its meeting on Tuesday, July 28, 2020, Toronto City Council has on its agenda the question whether to unleash electric scooters (e-scooters) on the people of Canada’s largest city. The AODA Alliance calls on Toronto’s Mayor John Tory and City Council to resoundingly reject e-scooters. They are a proven danger to the safety of […]
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Toronto Infrastructure Committee Told E-Scooters Would Endanger the Public – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.
July 10, 2020 / by BBG Security / All, aoda.
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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The City of Toronto Infrastructure and Environment Committee – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.
July 9, 2020 / by BBG Security / All, aoda.
Brief From: John RaeSubject: Opposition to the Introduction of E-Scooters on Toronto Streets My name is John Rae. I am totally blind, a long time human rights advocate, and a member of the Boards of three disability rights organizations, including the Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians (AEBC). I live in downtown Toronto. I am […]
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With the COVID-19 Crisis Creating a Nightmare for Us All, Why Does the City of Toronto’s Infrastructure Committee Think It?s More Important to Meet to Discuss Allowing Electric Scooters in Toronto? – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.
July 3, 2020 / by BBG Security / All, aoda.
The COVID-19 crisis now is into its fourth month with no end in sight. We need our politicians and public servants working 100% on alleviating the horrible burdens that COVID-19 has inflicted on us all. Yet the politicians on the City of Toronto’s Infrastructure Committee think it is more important to now debate allowing electric […]
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Toronto Star Runs A Guest Column by AODA Alliance Chair David Lepofsky on the need for the Ontario Government to Come Up with a Plan to Meet the Urgent Needs of 2.6 Million Ontarians with Disabilities During the COVID-19 crisis – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.
April 21, 2020 / by BBG Security / All, aoda.
Here is an important guest column that ran in the online version of the Toronto Star on April 20, 2020 by AODA Alliance Chair David Lepofsky. In about 750 words, it summarizes key points we have been revealing in our last ten AODA Alliance Updates since March 20, 2020. Read more athttps://aoda.ca/toronto-star-runs-a-guest-column-by-aoda-alliance-chair-david-lepofsky-on-the-need-for-the-ontario-government-to-come-up-with-a-plan-to-meet-the-urgent-needs-of-2-6-million-ontarians-with-disabilities/ Related
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