Even when we are on a break, the Accessibility Clock just keeps on ticking! A troubling 223 days have now passed since we revealed that the Ontario Government was not enforcing the AODA, and that there have been rampant AODA violations in the private sector. The Government still has not made public its promised plan for the AODA’s effective enforcement.
Monthly Archives: June 2014
Accessibility News June 28,2014 Update
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In this Issue
*Farmed Salmon Conversion Success Required Before B.C. Disability Pensions Increase
*AMI-Audio Special Focuses on the Accessibility of Some of the USAs Most Famous Monuments
*Education Dept. Issues New Special Ed Rules
*Advancing Ontarios accessibility: a study of linguistic, discursive, and conceptual barriers
*Panel Will Help Make Province More Accessible, Inclusive
Farmed Salmon Conversion Success Required Before B.C. Disability Pensions Increase
By Victor Schwartzman
Recently B.C. Premier Christy Clark unveiled her Government’s strategy for improving the lives of people with disabilities, starting with their pensions. Pensions were frozen in 2007 at $906 per month, with the Government eagerly clawing back wherever it makes possible any additional money the person may receive. As inflation has not been frozen, so the B.C. Government has decreased the pension benefit each year since 2007.
Read more at
http://www.aoda.ca/farmed-salmon-conversion-success-required-before-b-c-disability-pensions-increase/
AMI-Audio Special Focuses on the Accessibility of Some of the USA’s Most Famous Monuments
Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) announced today that it will air a two-part documentary exploring the accessibility of some of the most recognizable attractions in the capital of the United States.
Education Dept. Issues New Special Ed Rules
The Education Department announced Tuesday that it will begin to look at graduation rates, test scores and other measures of academic performance to help determine if states are meeting the needs of students with disabilities.
Read more at
http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/education-dept-issues-new-special-ed-rules/
Panel Will Help Make Province More Accessible, Inclusive
Government is acting on its promise to make Nova Scotia a more accessible and inclusive place to live and work by creating the Minister’s Advisory Panel on Accessibility Legislation.
Read more at
http://www.aoda.ca/panel-will-help-make-province-more-accessible-inclusive/
Accessibility News June 21,2014 Update
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Inclusive is ready to caption and video describe all your video for web, DVD, and computer desktop. They can also assist you in understanding and implementing Ontario’s AODA Integrated Standards’ media requirements. Consider having them check that any of your new web site content is compliant with an Accessibility Audit.
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In this Issue
B.C. Premier Offers Hope!
By Victor Schwartzman
Give that politician a hand!! Two fisted B.C. Premier Christy Clark, fresh off an election victory that punched her to a large majority government, in response gave voters a few fingers when she talked relatively straight recently, Not anyone to palm things off, she spoke as clearly as she ever has about when she will work hard to make life better for people in B.C. who have disabilities.
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http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/b-c-premier-offers-hope/
