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The AODA Clock is Ticking
There is 1 year, 25 weeks, 2 days until a fully Accessible Ontario! Will you be compliant?
In this Issue
*Howard Levitt: Here’s What to Do if You’re Denied Your Long-Term Disability Claim
*Local Woman Returns from Mars Simulation, Promotes Accessibility
*’You Definitely Feel Helpless’: Cambridge Woman Fights for Accessibility in New Life as A Paraplegic
*People With Disabilities Shine Light on Lack of Accessibility at Concerts
*New Captioned Video Gives Practical Advocacy Tips for Members of a Municipality’s Accessibility Advisory Committee and Members of a School Board’s Special Education Advisory Committee
*UWinnipeg Accessibility advocate Wins National Award
*New Fines Set For Vehicle-On-Demand Operators Charging More For People With Disabilities
Level Access
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Press Releases:
*Level Access Wins 2023 Top Workplaces Culture Excellence Awards
https://www.levelaccess.com/news/press-releases/level-access-wins-2023-top-workplaces-culture-excellence-awards/
* eSSENTIAL Accessibility and Level Access Complete Next Step of Merger: Unifying Identity Under the Level Access Name
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/essential-accessibility-level-access-complete-135500831.html
Past Press Releases:
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ARTICLES:
Howard Levitt: Here’s What to Do if You’re Denied Your Long-Term Disability Claim
Answers to six common questions as claims, denials rise
If you are treated unfairly by your disability insurer, do not quickly settle your claim for lost income alone.
Read more at
https://www.accessibilitynews.ca/howard-levitt-heres-what-to-do-if-youre-denied-your-long-term-disability-claim/
Local Woman Returns from Mars Simulation, Promotes Accessibility
“Like what if you’re on Mars and you lose your vision, it’s not like we can swap you out and send you home,” said Sheri Wells-Jensen, who teaches linguistics at Bowling Green State University for the past 23 years.
Read more at
https://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/local-woman-returns-from-mars-simulation-promotes-accessibility/
‘You Definitely Feel Helpless’: Cambridge Woman Fights for Accessibility in New Life as A Paraplegic
Lindsay Savoy calls it her resurrection.
On July 31, 2022, she was broken, both body and mind. Crippled by mental health issues, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic where those most in need fell through the cracks, and now facing life in a wheelchair after a bid to end overwhelming feelings of hopelessness, the 34-year Cambridge resident is hoping to spearhead positive change.
People With Disabilities Shine Light on Lack of Accessibility at Concerts
As some await the construction of a new $1.2-billion event centre in Calgary, Taylor McKnight has been closely pondering early renditions of what the new arena might look like.
New Captioned Video Gives Practical Advocacy Tips for Members of a Municipality’s Accessibility Advisory Committee and Members of a School Board’s Special Education Advisory Committee
UWinnipeg Accessibility advocate Wins National Award
A graduate of The University of Winnipeg has received a national award for her efforts to make campus more accessible to users of wheelchairs and other mobility aids.
Read more at
https://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/uwinnipeg-accessibility-advocate-wins-national-award/
New Fines Set For Vehicle-On-Demand Operators Charging More For People With Disabilities
The By-law department was informed that a Vehicle for Hire operator was charging a higher rate for people with accessibility issues than those without. As a result of the complaint, the Accessibility Advisory Committee provided information that confirmed the complaint in the May 2023 meeting.
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