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The AODA Clock is Ticking
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In this Issue
*What Do Major Federal Political Parties Commit to Do in Their Published Election Platforms to Make Canada Accessible for Six Million People with Disabilities?
*Why a GTA Woman is Still Fighting the WSIB for Help a Decade After Her Sister Fell Ill
*Why is a New Grocery Store in Downtown Kitchener Inaccessible to People in Wheelchairs?
*Toronto Teacher Who Now Uses Wheelchair Prompts TDSB to Make School More Accessible
*Adults With Disabilities Face Barriers Accessing Food, Leading to Food Insecurity: U of T Study
*Disability Coalition Slams Trudeau Government’s Giving Millions to Rick Hansen Foundation’s Seriously Deficient Building Accessibility Certification Training Program *Class Action Takes Aim at Airfares for Persons With Disabilities
*New Resource Focuses on Accessibility, Universal Design for Learning
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ARTICLES:
What Do Major Federal Political Parties Commit to Do in Their Published Election Platforms to Make Canada Accessible for Six Million People with Disabilities?
Why a GTA Woman is Still Fighting the WSIB for Help a Decade After Her Sister Fell Ill
Board still hasn’t modified home so Cynthia Vossah’s sister can properly care for her
Read more at
https://aoda.ca/why-a-gta-woman-is-still-fighting-the-wsib-for-help-a-decade-after-her-sister-fell-ill/
Why is a New Grocery Store in Downtown Kitchener Inaccessible to People in Wheelchairs?
It’s at 276 King Street W., right next door to the church where Rev. Preston Parsons works. He was excited to go inside.
Read more at
https://aoda.ca/why-is-a-new-grocery-store-in-downtown-kitchener-inaccessible-to-people-in-wheelchairs/
Toronto Teacher Who Now Uses Wheelchair Prompts TDSB to Make School More Accessible
More than 50% of TDSB schools have barriers to people with disabilities
Read more at
https://aoda.ca/toronto-teacher-who-now-uses-wheelchair-prompts-tdsb-to-make-school-more-accessible/
Adults With Disabilities Face Barriers Accessing Food, Leading to Food Insecurity: U of T Study
During an ice storm, Cynthia, a woman in her 50s who lives in downtown Toronto and uses a walker, didn’t know where she would get her next meal. If she couldn’t afford food delivery, her plan was to drink a glass of water and wait to eat the following day.
Read more at
https://aoda.ca/adults-with-disabilities-face-barriers-accessing-food-leading-to-food-insecurity-u-of-t-study/
Disability Coalition Slams Trudeau Government’s Giving Millions to Rick Hansen Foundation’s Seriously Deficient Building Accessibility Certification Training Program
Just before calling a federal election, the Federal Government announced action that wastes public money, creates serious new problems for people with disabilities and lacks important due diligence needed before pouring millions of public dollars into an unaccountable private foundation.
Class Action Takes Aim at Airfares for Persons With Disabilities
Celebrated Paralympian Paul Gauthier and a Calgary engineer with quadriplegia are suing a group of Canadian airlines including Air Canada (TSX:AC) and WestJet, claiming in a class action that people with disabilities are subject to discriminatory air travel charges if they require more than one seat to accommodate their disabilities on international flights.
Read more at
https://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/class-action-takes-aim-at-airfares-for-persons-with-disabilities/
New Resource Focuses on Accessibility, Universal Design for
Learning
What started with an innocent question from an instructor last year brought four university units together to create a new resource with information about accessibility and universal design for learning.
Read more at
https://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/new-resource-focuses-on-accessibility-universal-design-for-learning/
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