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The AODA Clock is Ticking
There are 1 year, 42 weeks, 2 days until a fully Accessible Ontario! Will you be compliant?
In this Issue
*Disabilities and Edtech: How the Pandemic Sparked a Revolution
*London Transit to Deliberate on How to Better Accommodate ParaTransit Users
*City Launches New Resources at City Facilities for Hearing-Impaired Community-St. Catharines
*Man Unable to Walk Shovels Snow to Raise Awareness About Accessibility
*Senator Markey Calls on Elon Musk to Reinstate Twitter’s Accessibility Team
*Disability Activist Felt ‘Dehumanised’ After No 10 Downing Street Ramp Failure
*AODA Alliance Updates:(4)
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Press Releases:
* 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 * eSSENTIAL Accessibility (eA) Named a “Next Big Thing in Tech” by Fast Company https://www.yahoo.com/now/essential-accessibility-ea-named-next-130000812.html
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ARTICLES:
Disabilities and Edtech: How the Pandemic Sparked a Revolution
When students and faculty were forced to migrate online during the pandemic, that included disabled students with learning impairments. Since then, students and faculty-and therefore, curricula-have changed the way they look at learning in higher education.
Read more at
https://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/disabilities-and-edtech-how-the-pandemic-sparked-a-revolution/
London Transit to Deliberate on How to Better Accommodate ParaTransit Users
The commission heard suggestions and personal stories from paratransit riders, presented by advocates Jeff Preston, Jacqueline Madden and Wendy Lau at a board meeting Monday.
Read more at
https://www.accessibilitynews.ca/london-transit-to-deliberate-on-how-to-better-accommodate-paratransit-users/
City Launches New Resources at City Facilities for Hearing-Impaired Community-St. Catharines
A pilot program was launched today at City recreational facilities and parks to improve communication resources for the hearing-impaired community.
New signage depicting the American Sign Language (ASL) alphabet and common language and phrases is being installed at the entrances of select City recreational
facilities and parks to improve communication between deaf and hearing residents in public spaces.
Man Unable to Walk Shovels Snow to Raise Awareness About Accessibility
A Wisconsin man said he is frustrated by how others won’t meet their obligation to clear sidewalks after it snows.
On a sunny Sunday afternoon, Milwaukee resident Matt Felton, who is a wheelchair user, spent part of the day clearing snow and ice off of sidewalks.
Senator Markey Calls on Elon Musk to Reinstate Twitter’s Accessibility Team
After several rounds of layoffs, Twitter’s staff is down from about 7,500 employees to less than 2,000 â and one of the numerous cuts across the company eliminated the platform’s entire accessibility team last year.
Disability Activist Felt ‘Dehumanised’ After No 10 Downing Street Ramp Failure
Sam Jennings, 44, was invited to Downing Street after campaigning for rail accessibility improvements.
“If you can’t get the culture right at Downing Street, then what chance or hope have we even got?,” she said.
AODA Alliance Updates:
Premier Ford and His Cabinet Have Failed 2.9 Million Ontarians with Disabilities, According to Damning Report Prepared by a Person the Ford Government Picked to Assess Its Performance on tearing Down Disability Barriers
During Fourth Day of Senate Second Reading Debate on Bill C-22 (the Canada Disability Benefit Act), Senators Each Recognize Need to Strengthen the Bill
Globe and Mail Reports on Serious Concern that Bill C-22 Lets Private Insurance Companies Claw back the Canada Disability Benefit from People with Disabilities
Senators Blast Weaknesses in Bill C-22 (Canada Disability Benefit Act) During Second and Third Days of Second Reading Debate
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