OTTAWA Feb. 10, 2015 – The Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) is honoured and grateful to announce it is a recipient of a $30,000 grant from the Milos Raonic Foundation, to help more children with disabilities become involved in sports.
Charlotte Macfarlane still trying to get $4,000 owed in wages from charity.
Another former lottery booth operator working for the CNIB says the charity held her responsible for missing funds, though she says she wasn’t at fault.
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Today, the web remains a hodgepodge of accessible and non-accessible sites for people with disabilities. Some major tech companies have taken the necessarily coding steps to make sure adaptive technologies work properly, while other .coms, .govs and .edus are riddled with unlabelled links and images without descriptions that make surfing near impossible.
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http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/should-websites-be-required-to-provide-better-access-to-the-disabled/
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In this Issue
Now Available On Youtube: TVOntario’s “The Agenda with Steve Paikin” Featuring an Interview with Former Lieutenant Governor David Onley and AODA Alliance Chair David Lepofsky
Dr. Issa Panahi, associate professor of electrical engineering in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering, is part of a UT Dallas research team looking to tap into the power of smartphones to boost the quality of hearing assistive devices.
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http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/scientists-target-smartphone-technology-to-improve-hearing-devices/
People with disabilities will be represented in government policy-making by five advocacy groups, under new funding arrangements.
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http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/new-alliance-offers-voice-to-disabled/
Unfortunately, many employees “decide” they are entitled to accommodation but are of the mistaken view they can insist upon their ideal form of accommodation while refusing to provide medical documentation or otherwise assist in the process of determining the need for accommodation and the appropriate form thereof.
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http://www.aoda.ca/workers-must-play-active-role-in-accommodation/
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