If navigating the intricacies of dating and sexuality can be a pitfall-strewn path for adults with disabilities, it’s a veritable minefield for young people with physical challenges just setting out on the journey.
The official opening of 21 new affordable rental housing units for low-income seniors and persons with disabilities was held today in Dunnville. The project received more than $2.5 million in funding from the federal and provincial governments.
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In this Issue
*Site Check: New Durham Region Transit Website Not Accessible Despite Claims
*Read AODA ALLIANCE’S Analysis of the November 2012 Final Report of the Andrew Pinto Human Rights Code Review
*Bat-Inspired Tech Lets Blind Man Ride Mountain Bike
*Advocates for the Blind Argue for More Accommodation at Airport Check-In Kiosks
*Survey: Role of Service/Pet Dogs: People With Disabilities (PWD)
*Autistic Children Need Action Now From Ontario
PINTO REPORT FINDS SUBSTANTIAL PROBLEMS WITH ONTARIO’S SYSTEM FOR ENFORCING ONTARIO’S HUMAN RIGHTS CODE, BUT WRONGLY PAPERS THESE OVER AND GIVES THE GOVERNMENT UNDESERVED POLITICAL COVER, BY ITS UNWARRANTED CONCLUSION THAT THE MCGUINTY GOVERNMENT’S 2006 PRIVATIZATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT IS A “QUALIFIED SUCCESS”
A blind college student has successfully ridden a mountain bike down a trail with the help of bat-inspired technology that provides advanced warning of obstacles in the path so the rider can steer around them.
Read more at
http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/bat-inspired-tech-lets-blind-man-ride-mountain-bike/
Advocates for the blind went toe-to-toe with United Airlines in the San Francisco 9th Circuit Court about what the airline could do to accommodate passengers unable to use check-in kiosks.
Posted November 14, 2012
The research group at the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis needs help from service/pet
dog partners and their family members.
Read more at
http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/survey-role-of-servicepet-dogs-people-with-disabilities-pwd/
