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In this Issue
*The Fast Food Menu And A Restaurant’s Duty To A Legally Blind Patron Under The ADA
*Can Assistive Technology Make a Website Accessible?
*30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHARTER OF RIGHTS COMPLETE WITH A GUARANTEE OF EQUALITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
*Disabled Artists Unite To Create A Moving, Canadian Art Story
*Employing Disabled Key: Onley
*Legacy of Local Musician Jeff Healey to Play On in Accessible Park
*Disable the Label Helping Depressed Students
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ARTICLES:
The Fast Food Menu And A Restaurant’s Duty To A Legally Blind Patron Under The ADA
If restaurants do not provide large-print or Braille menus, they must require their employees to read their entire menu to their legally blind customers.
Failure to read the entire menu (for reasons ranging from an employee’s failure to do so to an employee’s inability to do so because of time constraints, or because the customer did not need to have the entire menu read to her) may result in a restaurant’s liability for a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Read more at
http://www.amenu.ca/the-fast-food-menu-and-a-restaurants-duty-to-a-legally-blind-patron-under-the-ada/
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Can Assistive Technology Make a Website Accessible?
By karl groves On April 19, 2012
Recently there have been discussions surrounding what I call “pseudo-assistive technologies”. For reference, I’m speaking specifically of products like ReadSpeaker, eSSENTIAL Accessibility, and BrowseAloud. In the strictest semantic interpretation, one could argue that they’re still assistive technologies with the primary difference being that they are offered on a per site basis and provide text-to-speech functionality to read the site’s content aloud.
Read more at
http://www.badeyes.com/?p=389
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30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHARTER OF RIGHTS COMPLETE WITH A GUARANTEE OF EQUALITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Many if not most are unaware of the fact that during the two-year fight over the Charter in Ottawa and across Canada between 1980 and 1982, only one new substantive right was added to the text of the Charter. That right is the guarantee of equality for people with mental or physical disabilities.
Read more at
http://www.aodaalliance.org/strong-effective-aoda/04172012.asp
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Disabled Artists Unite To Create A Moving, Canadian Art Story
Over the next six months, selected MFPA artists across Canada will work together on a single canvas that will travel the country in anticipation and support of September’s Self-Help Awareness Week.
Each artist will paint a regional Canadian scene that serves as a source of personal inspiration.
Read more at
http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/?p=2589
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Employing Disabled Key: Onley
Boosting the employment rate for disabled people is key to economic recovery, says Ontario Lt.-Gov. David Onley.
He spoke Monday at the Guildwood Inn in Point Edward during Building a New Workforce, an event to promote the employment of individuals with disabilities.
“I do not believe it is possible for us to achieve economic recovery, as a nation, until, and unless, the issue of unemployed people with disabilities is resolved,” Onley said.
Read more at
http://www.accessibilitynews.ca/?p=2389
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Legacy of Local Musician Jeff Healey to Play On in Accessible Park
Accessible playgrounds have yet to become the standard in the city. The city is waiting for the province to finalize building guidelines under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, which won’t be fully implemented until 2025.
Read more at
http://www.aoda.ca/?p=1774
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Disable the Label Helping Depressed Students
Students with anxiety, depression and other mental health struggles are more likely now to reach out for help, and their peers are better able to support them as a result of Disable the Label, some said in Chesley recently.
The mental health awareness campaign’s message at Chesley District High School has been even more powerful, students said, because it was spearheaded by one of their own.
Read more at
http://www.accessibilitynews.ca/?p=2385
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aMENU: Accessible Restaurant Menus.
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In the Spotlight
*360 Revolving Restaurant (CN Tower) Accessible Menu Toronto Ontario
http://www.amenu.ca/360-restaurant/
*The Pickle Barrel (Yonge/Eglinton) Accessible Restaurant Menu
http://www.amenu.ca/the-pickle-barrel-yongeeglinton/
*Jack Astor’s (Barrie) Accessible Menu
http://www.amenu.ca/jack-astor-barrie/
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