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In this Issue
*Yet More Great Accessibility Town Hall and Public Forum Events Coming Up Around Ontario
*Broadcasters and Disability Organisation Draw Up Common Recommendation on Future EU Rules for Audiovisual Access Services
*SUPAC Conference on Transition Planning for Life after High School for Students with Disabilities
*Federal Complaint Alleges School District Website Inaccessible
*If Inclusion Means Everyone, Why Not Me?
*Disabled Prisoners in Canada: How do They Fare?
*Nova Scotia Accessibility Legislation Gets More Scrutiny
*Court Says Settlement Agreement Does Not Bar Later Website Accessibility Lawsuit by a Different Plaintiff
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Yet More Great Accessibility Town Hall and Public Forum Events Coming Up Around Ontario
More New Quick and Important Ways to Give Your Feedback and Input on Disability Accessibility Barriers You Face
Heres a punchy and heaping grab-bag of news from the front lines of our non-partisan campaign for full accessibility in Ontario. This all shows that the accessibility movement is strong and continually growing. Here are announcements of:
Read more at
http://www.aoda.ca/yet-more-great-accessibility-town-hall-and-public-forum-events-coming-up-around-ontario/
Broadcasters and Disability Organisation Draw Up Common Recommendation on Future EU Rules for Audiovisual Access Services
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the European Disability Forum (EDF), and the Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT) have made a common proposal to improve the accessibility of audiovisual media services for persons with disabilities.
SUPAC Conference on Transition Planning for Life after High School for Students with Disabilities
The Syracuse University Parent Assistance Center (SUPAC), the Mid-State Regional Special Education Technical Assistance Support Center (RSE-TASC) and Onondaga
Community College (OCC) will host a free conference, Finding Your Way! Understanding Transition Planning In and After High School. The event, scheduled
for Monday, March 13, on the OCC campus in Syracuse, is an exciting opportunity for families, professionals and students with disabilities to learn about planning for life after high school and the services offered in their community.
Federal Complaint Alleges School District Website Inaccessible
A special-education advocate from Michigan who has filed more than 1,000 federal complaints against school districts alleging their websites are inaccessible to students and adults with disabilities has brought her grassroots campaign to Palo Alto.
Read more at
http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/federal-complaint-alleges-school-district-website-inaccessible/
If Inclusion Means Everyone, Why Not Me?
ARCH Disability Law Centre, in partnership with Community Living Ontario, Inclusive Education Canada, the University of Western Ontario, and Brock University, is announcing the launch of new research titled If Inclusion Means Everyone, Why Not Me?.
We are currently conducting a survey on the experiences of students with intellectual disabilities in Ontarios public school system. The focus of this survey is on many of the current practices and barriers related to inclusive education.
Read more at
http://www.aoda.ca/if-inclusion-means-everyone-why-not-me/
Disabled Prisoners in Canada: How do They Fare?
One of the topics that is rarely discussed either among activists, or anyone for that matter, is that of people with disabilities who must serve time. Prison time is challenging enough without adding the pressure of having to cope with ones disability. The individual may have relied on various treatments
and/or medications for their disability, but the question remains as to whether or not disabled prisoners are receiving proper treatment in Canadian prisons?
Read more at
http://disabilitycreditcanada.com/disabled-prisoners-canada/
Nova Scotia Accessibility Legislation Gets More Scrutiny
The Act, as written Nov. 2, 2016, is too vague, has very little in the way of measurable goals, only refers to a long-term timetable but no short-term agenda, the committee (accessibility advisory board) only meets four times a year and the penalties are not high enough. There are many instances that
the word may is used rather than shall in order to weaken the bill, states a submission to the government committee from the Nova Scotia League for Equal Opportunities.
Read more at
http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/nova-scotia-accessibility-legislation-gets-more-scrutiny/
Court Says Settlement Agreement Does Not Bar Later Website Accessibility Lawsuit by a Different Plaintiff
Seyfarth Synopsis: With the recent proliferation of web accessibility demand letters and lawsuits, businesses often ask whether settling a claim with one plaintiff will bar future lawsuits brought by different plaintiffs. One federal judge recently said no.
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