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In this Issue
*Elections Ontario’s Progress Towards Deploying Telephone and Internet Voting is Still Slow
*Disabled Passengers Experience Discrimination On Public Transport
*Justice Denied for People With Disabilities
*Hamilton Council Decision Highlights the Need for Clearer Standards Language
*City Says No More Free Transit for Blind, Disabled
*Parents Defend Private Schools for Learning Disabled
*“If an Ontario Human Rights Complaint is filed, we will stop providing Para transit” County of Brant
*Ontarians With Disabilities Hit the Hardest by Government Cuts: OFL Statement for International Day of Persons with Disabilities, 2012
*European Commission Wants Single Set Of Website Accessibility Rules To Apply To Government Sites By 2015
*Recognizing Technology Accessibility on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
*Kathleen Wynne is Second Ontario Liberal Leadership Candidate to Make Disability Accessibility Commitments
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ARTICLES:
Elections Ontario’s Progress Towards Deploying Telephone and Internet Voting is Still Slow
The AODA Alliance continues to spearhead a vigorous campaign to get Ontario voters to have access to the option of telephone and internet voting in Ontario elections.
Read more at
http://www.aoda.ca/elections-ontarios-progress-towards-deploying-telephone-and-internet-voting-is-still-slow/
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Disabled Passengers Experience Discrimination On Public Transport
Guest Article
By Eve Pearce
Traveling with a disability is rarely simple, but it can be made easier by companies and governments offering wheelchair friendly solutions for public transport. However, many people believe that these measures don’t currently stretch far enough.
Read more at
http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/disabled-passengers-experience-discrimination-on-public-transport/
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Justice Denied for People With Disabilities
Confrontational Canadian system makes people with disabilities fight for their human rights in court
Jeff Moore needed special education which was his right says Supreme Court
It took Jeffery Moore 20 years to get special educational funding that he needed in elementary school.
Read more at
http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/justice-denied-for-people-with-disabilities/
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Hamilton Council Decision Highlights the Need for Clearer Standards Language
What I see in the decision by Hamilton Council is an honest “oops.” What has happened in the county of Brant is a deliberate attempt to avoid the transportation standards all together (as well as the AODA and other standards).
Read more at
http://enforcement.aoda.ca/hamilton-council-decision-highlights-the-need-for-clearer-standards-language/
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City Says No More Free Transit for Blind, Disabled
City council’s understanding of the AODA legislation is incorrect, however, said Sandi Mangat, a spokesperson for the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services, which oversees the legislation.
Read more at
http://www.aoda.ca/city-says-no-more-free-transit-for-blind-disabled/
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Parents Defend Private Schools for Learning Disabled
MLA Kent Hehr’s private member’s motion calls for an end to private school subsidies
Some parents of children with learning disabilities are joining the debate over public funding to Alberta’s private schools, arguing in favour of taxpayer money in some private classrooms.
Read more at
http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/parents-defend-private-schools-for-learning-disabled/
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“If an Ontario Human Rights Complaint is filed, we will stop providing Para transit” County of Brant
Ironically on the United Nations International Day for people with Disabilities, the County of Brant Community Services Committee approved yet another variant to their unaffordable transportation scheme which ignores any of the Integrated Accessibility Standards for specialized transportation, is not fiscally responsible, has no budget to administer the scheme and as with the other variants, will lead to the elimination of Para transit in the County and the erosion of our basic and protected human rights.
Read more at
http://enforcement.aoda.ca/if-an-ontario-human-rights-complaint-is-filed-we-will-stop-providing-para-transit-county-of-brant/
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Ontarians With Disabilities Hit the Hardest by Government Cuts: OFL Statement for International Day of Persons with Disabilities, 2012
“A disproportionately high number of people with disabilities in Ontario, as in the rest of the country, have no employment earnings. In 2009, 63% of people with disabilities in Ontario reported employment earnings, compared to 85% of people without disabilities. For those who do work, average earners are lower among people with disabilities as compared to the rest of the population.”
Read more at
http://www.aoda.ca/ontarians-with-disabilities-hit-the-hardest-by-government-cuts-ofl-statement-for-international-day-of-persons-with-disabilities-2012/
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European Commission Wants Single Set Of Website Accessibility Rules To Apply To Government Sites By 2015
The European Commission has proposed new rules to improve public-sector website accessibility for disabled people, describing the current situation as “dire” with only one-third of Europe’s 761,000 public-sector and government websites described as fully accessible.
Read more at
http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/european-commission-wants-single-set-of-website-accessibility-rules-to-apply-to-government-sites-by-2015/
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Recognizing Technology Accessibility on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Persons with disabilities make up 1 billion of the world’s population, yet they face challenges in equal opportunity and access to society in critical areas like education, employment, healthcare, transportation, information communications technology and justice. Every year on Dec. 3, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we recognize the importance of providing this underserved community with equal access opportunities and livelihoods. This year’s theme is “removing barriers to create an inclusive and accessible society for all” an area in which technology plays an important role.
Read more at
http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/recognizing-technology-accessibility-on-the-international-day-of-persons-with-disabilities/
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Kathleen Wynne is Second Ontario Liberal Leadership Candidate to Make Disability Accessibility Commitments
On December 3, 2012, Ms. Kathleen Wynne became the second candidate to replace Dalton McGuinty as leader of the Ontario Liberal Party (and to become Ontario’s next premier), who has made written commitments to us on disability accessibility. In her December 3, 2012 letter to the AODA Alliance, set out below, Ms. Wynne makes all of the five commitments that we sought from the candidates for leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party. In her letter she commits to:
Read more at
http://www.aoda.ca/kathleen-wynne-is-second-ontario-liberal-leadership-candidate-to-make-disability-accessibility-commitments/
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AODA Enforcement
Having an Accessibility issue that isn’t being resolved because of lack of Enforcement?
Perhaps your solution is at enforcement.aoda.ca .
* Hamilton Council Decision Highlights the Need for Clearer Standards Language
http://enforcement.aoda.ca/hamilton-council-decision-highlights-the-need-for-clearer-standards-language/
* “If an Ontario Human Rights Complaint is filed, we will stop providing Para transit” County of Brant
http://enforcement.aoda.ca/if-an-ontario-human-rights-complaint-is-filed-we-will-stop-providing-para-transit-county-of-brant/
* Systemic Discrimination Toward People with Disabilities in the County of Brant
http://enforcement.aoda.ca/systemic-discrimination-toward-people-with-disabilities-in-the-county-of-brant/
* People with Disabilities Lose Jobs in County of Brant While Federal Funding Increases Job Opportunities in Brantford
http://enforcement.aoda.ca/people-with-disabilities-lose-jobs-in-county-of-brant-while-federal-funding-increases-job-opportunities-in-brantford/
* Accessibility Directorate of Ontario Abandons People with Disabilities in the County of Brant
http://enforcement.aoda.ca/accessibility-directorate-of-ontario-abandons-people-with-disabilities-in-the-county-of-brant/
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