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In this Issue
*Free iOS-7 Fedora Outlier Community iLife Event
*The Latest in Our Campaign to Get the Wynne Government to at Last Keep Its Promise to Effectively Enforce the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act
*Guide Dogs: Study Finds Shops Bar Users
*Landmark Settlement Addresses Needs of Inmates With Mental Health Issues in Ontario Prisons
*Fedora Outlier: Wednesday Roundup For September 25, 2013
*U.S. Proposes ADA Compliance for Public Websites
*Ontario Premier’s Wife Linked to Behavioural Therapy Agency
*Doug Paulley Wins First Bus Discrimination Ruling
*AODA Implementation Techniques Can Help You Avoid Work
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ARTICLES:
Free iOS-7 Fedora Outlier Community iLife Event
On Wednesday, October 2nd at 7:00 pm EST, the team at Fedora Outlier are offering our community a free online learning event.
Read more at
http://www.accessibilitynews.ca/?p=3987
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The Latest in Our Campaign to Get the Wynne Government to at Last Keep Its Promise to Effectively Enforce the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act
The Kathleen Wynne Government has still not kept its 2003 election pledge, reaffirmed to us again in the 2011 election, to effectively enforce the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. We give an update on two important items in our campaign to get the Government to keep its word.
Read more at
http://www.aoda.ca/the-latest-in-our-campaign-to-get-the-wynne-government-to-at-last-keep-its-promise-to-effectively-enforce-the-accessibility-for-ontarians-with-disabilities-act/
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Guide Dogs: Study Finds Shops Bar Users
Secret filming shows blind people being illegally refused entry to restaurants and shops because of their guide dogs.
Philip Biggs, of Hearing Dogs For Deaf People, says there is a lot of misunderstanding about access for guide and hearing dogs.
A new study by the charity Guide Dogs has shown that blind people are being illegally turned away from restaurants and shops because of their canine companions.
Read more at
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Landmark Settlement Addresses Needs of Inmates With Mental Health Issues in Ontario Prisons
The mental health needs of prison inmates is the focus of a landmark settlement reached yesterday.
Read more at
http://www.aoda.ca/landmark-settlement-addresses-needs-of-inmates-with-mental-health-issues-in-ontario-prisons/
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Fedora Outlier: Wednesday Roundup For September 25, 2013
With this technology, a person would be able to purchase a ticket at the ticket booth and actually be able to locate their seat assignment. This research being done at Auburn University in Alabama will enable the blind to navigate areas in buildings, stadiums, theaters, and any other building they chose to enter and interact with their surroundings. Could this eventually help blind individuals navigate a hospital, doctors office building or other professional place that they previously needed an assistant to maneuver?
Read more at
http://www.fedoraoutlier.com/wednesday-roundup-for-september-25-2013/
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U.S. Proposes ADA Compliance for Public Websites
When Congress enacted the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990, the public Internet did not exist. Over the past 23 years, making the Internet accessible to those with disabilities has been a low priority for both the federal government and Internet businesses, bolstered by the fact that court decisions refuted the idea that the ADA applied to the Internet. Now, the federal government, with prodding from groups representing the disabled, is acknowledging how much of daily life the Internet affects.
Read more at
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Ontario Premier’s Wife Linked to Behavioural Therapy Agency
“It’s just one more instance of the Liberal arrogance in this province,” he said. “McGuinty started the train, Wynne is now the new conductor and we’re all frantically pulling emergency brakes that aren’t connected to anything.”
Read more at
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Doug Paulley Wins First Bus Discrimination Ruling
First’s website states: “Wheelchair users have priority use of the wheelchair space”, but adds that “the driver has no power to compel passengers to move in this way and is reliant upon the goodwill of the passengers concerned” and “if a fellow passenger refuses to move [the wheelchair user] will need to wait for the next bus”.
Read more at
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AODA Implementation Techniques Can Help You Avoid Work
By Victor Schwartzman
9. Having no deadline is heaven on earth. Apparently no one set deadlines for the committees. Months became years with nothing to show. Getting a deadline means the job has to get done. No deadline means at 3 pm your work day is done. Indulge the indolent!
Read more at
http://www.aoda.ca/aoda-implementation-techniques-can-help-you-avoid-work/
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Free iOS-7 Fedora Outlier Community iLife Event
The team at Fedora Outlier are engaged in creating an accessible online learning environment for all Voice-Over users.
We are committed to this massive undertaking because blind and low vision people deserve to have access to the same tools for learning and productivity that our sighted friends enjoy.
For more information visit http://www.accessibilitynews.ca/?p=3987
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AODA Enforcement
Having an Accessibility issue that isn’t being resolved because of lack of Enforcement?
Perhaps your solution is at enforcement.aoda.ca .
* Activist Launches Accessibility Audit of Businesses; Posts Results Online
http://enforcement.aoda.ca/activist-launches-accessibility-audit-of-businesses-posts-results-online/
* “Subsidized Transportation Program” not Accessible for People with Disabilities in County of Brant?
http://enforcement.aoda.ca/subsidized-transportation-program-not-accessible-for-people-with-disabilities-in-county-of-brant/
* Government Not Enforcing Disabilities Act, Says Advocate
http://enforcement.aoda.ca/government-not-enforcing-disabilities-act-says-advocate/
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EVENTS
*Celebration of People 2013
http://www.accessibilityclassifieds.com/?p=1324
*Are you an ADULT sibling of someone living with a disability?
http://www.accessibilityclassifieds.com/?p=1318
*Vision Quest 2013: Education series for individuals and families living with vision loss
http://www.accessibilityclassifieds.com/?p=1305
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