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In this Issue:
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Contents:
1.Letter from the Editor
2.News
a.First Human Rights Treaty of 21st Century for disabled people
b.Federal Government Must Offer Interpreters
c.Petition for Active Living Alliance
d.Human Rights Case
e.New Joint Training Program
f.New Autism Support Group
g.Disabled owed $6M, report says
h.Failing the Homeless
3.ODSP/Social Assistance News
a.ODSP Diet Changes
b.Ontario's New Employment Innovations fund
c.Launching Jobs Now
d.Improving Ontario's' Social Assistance System
4.AODA Update
a.NEW EVIDENCE REVEALS MCGUINTY GOVERNMENT HASN'T FIGURED OUT HOW TO KEEP PLEDGE OF FREE LAWYERS TO ALL HUMAN RIGHTS COMPLAINANTS
5.Education
a.Toronto Rehab Scholarship Applies to More Schools
b.What is your Eye-Q on your child's vision?
c.Parenting with a Disability
d.Sound Sense: Save Your Hearing for the Music!
e.The Parent Consultant in Education Online Training Program,
f.Interpreter Wanted
6.Election/ Voting
a.The Canadian Hearing Society Spearheads Groundbreaking Initiative in Federal Election:
b.Municipal voting legislation
c.Disabled voters get sense of independence with devices
7.Health
a.Access to Dental Care Study
b.Marijuana Compound May Help Stop Diabetic Retinopathy
c.Billions of dollars, tens of thousands of lives at stake - Why aren't proven stroke solutions being used consistently in Canada?
d.Newly approved Lucentis fights macular disease
8.Technology
a.The Problem with PDF's
b.Federal Judge Sustains Discrimination Claims Against Target; Precedent Establishes That Retailers Must Make Their Websites Accessible to the Blind Under the ADA
c.Aroga Group and Serotek to Provide Blind and Print Disabled Canadians with
Improved Internet and Computer Access
d.Lucent Unveils New Speech Software from Bell Labs
e.Podcast - Print Speaking to the Blind
f. A COAAC Forum Discussion
g. DisabilityPolicy Site
h.US Firm Seeks Tech, Captioning and Investment Partners.
i.Hearing loss and Radio facts
j.CDBRA-BC applauds steps towards equality for persons with deafblindness
k.Canadian accessibility experts continue to have a worldwide influence on Web accessibility
l.A group of eleven national disability organizations and resource persons have begun working with Canada's major telecommunications companies
m.There's only two lawsuits known to be filed by the Blind in relation to inaccessible
websites
n.New Device Helps Blind to Read. Machine converts print to audio. Device the size of a paperback book
o.Availability of free PDF Accessibility Evaluation
p.Work has begun on the revision of the Canadian Standards Association' s (CSA: www.csa.ca) accessibility standard B651.1
9.Humor
Humorous Commercial.
Here's a humorous commercial about the not too distance future of Ontario: Ontario Ruled by us
10.Entertainment/Recreation
a.For Ontarians With Disabilities Partnership Project Means that More People Can Enjoy a Trip to the Movies
b.New Stage Theatre now offers a special service to enhance the theater experience for the visually impaired.
c."Beam Me Up"
March of Dimes
d. Trails for all Ontarians Collaborative - testing new trail
e.Study on Recreational opportunities for Children
f.Volunteer and Sports Opportunities
11.Upcoming Events
12.Resources
Read the complete Newsletter at September 2006 Newsletter
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