Monthly Archives: August 2016

The Liberal Party’s Candidate in the September 1, 2016 Scarborough-Rouge River By-election Answers the AODA Alliance’s Accessibility Questionnaire

After We Made Public that the Liberals Were the Only Major Party Not to Answer Us.

Our tenacity has paid offagain! We now have received answers from the candidates of all three major parties running in the September 1, 2016 Scarborough-Rouge River Ontario by-election. We set them all out below.

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http://www.aoda.ca/the-liberal-partys-candidate-in-the-september-1-2016-scarborough-rouge-river-by-election-answers-the-aoda-alliances-accessibility-questionnaire/

These Are The Hidden Costs Of Living With A Disability

Do you know how much a manual wheelchair costs? Not the kind you buy from the Sears catalogue when you break your leg and need someone to push you around for six weeks. I’m talking about the kind that a paraplegic might need, that offers the correct ergonomic support and fits the lifestyle of the person who will rely on it for years.

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http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/these-are-the-hidden-costs-of-living-with-a-disability/

The Conservative Candidate in the September 1, 2016 Scarborough-Rouge River By-election Answered the AODA Alliance’s Questionnaire on Disability Accessibility Issues, After We Made Public that Only the NDP Candidate Had Responded

The Liberal Candidate Still Has Not Answered

Here is late-breaking news on the Ontario political front. Now the Ontario Liberal candidate is the only major party’s candidate competing for votes in the September 1, 2016 Scarborough-Rouge River Ontario by-election that has not answered the AODA Alliance’s request for commitments on disability accessibility.

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http://www.aoda.ca/the-conservative-candidate-in-the-september-1-2016-scarborough-rouge-river-by-election-answered-the-aoda-alliances-questionnaire-on-disability-accessibility-issues-after-we-made-public-that-only/

Blind MP to Draft Canada’s First National Accessibility Law

Carla Qualthrough, Ottawa’s minister responsible for Canadians with disabilities, announced a series of national discussions on the first national accessibility legislation.

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http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/blind-mp-to-draft-canadas-first-national-accessibility-law/

The New Democratic Party’s Candidate in the September 1, 2016 Scarborough-Rouge River By-election Answered the AODA Alliance’s Questionnaire on Disability Accessibility Issues

Neither the Liberal Nor Progressive Conservative Candidates Responded

On August 20, 2016, the AODA Alliance wrote the Liberal, NDP and Conservative candidates in the Scarborough-Rouge River September 1 by-election, to seek their commitments on disability accessibility. That letter is set out below. The AODA Alliance does not support or oppose any party or candidate. We have done this in a number of previous provincial by-elections.

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http://www.aoda.ca/the-new-democratic-partys-candidate-in-the-september-1-2016-scarborough-rouge-river-by-election-answered-the-aoda-alliances-questionnaire-on-disability-accessibility-issues/

Accessibility News August 27,2016 Update

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The AODA Clock is Ticking

There are 8 years, 18 weeks, 2 days till a fully Accessible Ontario! Will you be compliant?

In this Issue

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https://www.accessibilitynews.ca/accessibility-news-august-272016-update/

Watchdog Hammers Ontario’s ‘Hands-Off Stance’ with Adults with Autism, Down Syndrome

In his long-awaited report, Paul Dubé said he found a fragmented, overly complicated system of service agencies and funding programs, and a baffling lack of flexibility from officials at the top.

Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dubé’s hard-hitting report, called Nowhere to Turn and based on more than 1,400 complaints from families, includes 60 recommendations. Hamilton Spectator
By Andrea Gordon and Laurie Monsebraaten

Queen’s Park must fix its “deeply flawed” developmental services system to ensure Ontario’s most vulnerable people in crisis are no longer left to languish in hospitals, nursing homes, homeless shelters and jails, the province’s Ombudsman said Wednesday.

In his long-awaited report, Paul Dubé said he found “a fragmented, overly complicated system of service agencies and funding programs, and a baffling lack of flexibility from officials at the top.”

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https://www.accessibilitynews.ca/watchdog-hammers-ontarios-hands-off-stance-with-adults-with-autism-down-syndrome/

Tell the Wynne Government If You Support the AODA Alliance’s Finalized Brief on health Care Accessibility Barriers that We Submitted to the Government’s “Pre-Consultation”

The AODA Alliance has finalized its august 26, 2016 brief to the Wynne Government on accessibility barriers in Ontario’s health care system. We submitted it to the Accessibility Directorate of Ontario as part of its “Pre-Consultation.”

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http://www.aoda.ca/tell-the-wynne-government-if-you-support-the-aoda-alliances-finalized-brief-on-health-care-accessibility-barriers-that-we-submitted-to-the-governments-pre-consultation/

How Accessibility is Driving Innovation in Canada

Today, the Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, visited the Abilities Centre in Whitby, Ontario, and hosted a panel with three young Canadian innovators to discuss how accessibility drives innovation. The Minister toured the centre, noting the accessibility measures in place there, which serve as an example for other communities across Canada. Minister Qualtrough also announced the schedule of the in-person consultations organized to inform planned accessibility legislation.

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http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/how-accessibility-is-driving-innovation-in-canada/

Australia Adopts New Standard for ICT Accessibility in Procurement

“The Accessibility requirements suitable for public procurement of ICT products and services establishes a minimum standard to ensure that websites, software and digital devices are accessible.”

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http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/australia-adopts-new-standard-for-ict-accessibility-in-procurement/