We brought to public attention the troubling barriers in the Government-funded Presto Smart Card technology for paying public transit fares. We showed that the Government was forewarned about these barriers, and that the Government nevertheless persisted in spending public money, creating new barriers against persons with disabilities.
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http://www.aoda.ca/?p=948
The executive director of Deafblind Services of B.C. says being both deaf and blind in the province of B.C. isn’t enough to receive assistance from the
provincial government.
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http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/?p=1980
Blind Driver Avoids Dynamic Obstacles
Mark Anthony Riccobono, a blind executive who directs technology, research, and education programs for the organization, was behind the wheel of a Ford Escape hybrid equipped with nonvisual technology and successfully navigated 1.5 miles of the road course section of the famed track at the Daytona International Speedway.
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http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/?p=1978
Published On Mon Jan 31 2011
By Joe Fiorito
City Columnist
Nazar Strejko, who is deaf-blind, relies on the bus the passes by the Rotary Cheshire Home on Willowdale Ave. The route is in danger of being cut because of a lack of night riders.
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In this Issue
1) Message Board
2)Articles
*The Blind Have Rights, the Right to Unemployment, Unequal Access and Poverty
*Blind Man to Take to the Road at Daytona International Speedway
*Why Does Disabled Son Have So Many Fewer Choices in Life?
*People with Disabilities ‘Huge Untapped Pool of Labour’
*Town Asked to Reconsider Accessible Transportation Booking
*Transit for the Physically Challenged Moves Ahead
*Rowland Discusses Online Access
*New Technologies Bring Accessibility to Canadian School
*Ottawa Parents Appeal to Premier After U.S. Facility Refuses to Treat Mentally Ill Daughter
*Get R-E-A-L: A Manifesto for Blind Citizens
*The Politics of Blindness: From Charity to Parity
*Cell Phones Utilizing Sign Language Increase Communication Between Deaf Friends and Family
*Service Dog Denial Leads to Charges for Eatery
3) Classifieds
4) This and That
Donna Jodhan how dare you Sue Us the Federal Government to give Equal Access to the Blind by way of our websites!
You want to get a Job with Us? You have the Right to be Unemployed.
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http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/?p=1965
The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the oldest and largest organization of blind people in the nation, announced today that Mark
Anthony Riccobono, a blind executive who directs technology, research, and education programs for the organization, will be the first blind individual
to drive a street vehicle in public.
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http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/?p=1976
By CECILIA NASMITH, NORTHUMBERLAND TODAY
Posted January 26, 2011
COBOURG — It’s amazing how a simple change in Cobourg’s Wheels accessible-transportation service has relegated more than 300 people who rely on the system to second-class status.
