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In this Issue
*People With Disabilities ‘Excluded’ from Web Services
*Robot Sensing and Smartphones Help Blind Navigate
*Deaf, Blind Sue Over Web Shopping
*Building Capacity the Wrong Way.
*Online Consultation for a Disability Inclusive Development Agenda Towards 2015 and Beyond
*Hamilton City Council Discusses Fare Parity for People With Disabilities
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ARTICLES:
People With Disabilities ‘Excluded’ from Web Services
An enforcement mechanism should be introduced. We believe that without an effective enforcement mechanism and an efficient monitoring system involving persons with disabilities and their representative organisations, this proposal won’t be able to ensure the accessibility of the websites concerned.
Read more at
http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/people-with-disabilities-excluded-from-web-services/
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Robot Sensing and Smartphones Help Blind Navigate
ROBOTS need help navigating their surroundings and sophisticated location systems to keep track of their position. Now the same technologies are being adapted to help blind people navigate indoor and outdoor spaces independently.
Read more at
http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/robot-sensing-and-smartphones-help-blind-navigate/
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Deaf, Blind Sue Over Web Shopping
Advocates for Disabled Say Netflix, Target Are Legally Obligated to Make Sites Easier to Navigate
Advocates for disabled Americans have declared that companies have a legal obligation to make their websites as accessible as their stores, and they’ve filed suits across the country to force them to install the digital version of wheelchair ramps and self-opening doors.
Read more at
http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/deaf-blind-sue-over-web-shopping/
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Building Capacity the Wrong Way.
by Mark Wafer
As i travel across the country speaking with corporations , especially HR specialists , i have began to see a pattern with some companies with Federal contracts who are legislated by the employment equity act to report certain criteria to the federal gov’t, one being the number of employees with disabilities. This is pretty simple. Hire PWD’s in meaningful and competitively paid positions and report this to the Feds…..but…..theres a wrong way and some companies are guilty of this.
Read more at
http://www.aoda.ca/building-capacity-the-wrong-way/
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Online Consultation for a Disability Inclusive Development Agenda Towards 2015 and Beyond
In many countries gains made on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have not been successful in reaching marginalized populations, including persons with disabilities. This clearly highlights the importance of taking inequality, discrimination and social exclusion more effectively into account both in the still ongoing efforts to accelerate and expand progress on the MDGs and in the definition of the new development framework that will succeed the MDGs post-2015.
Read more at
http://www.worldwewant2015.org/enable
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Hamilton City Council Discusses Fare Parity for People With Disabilities
Several dozen people came to Hamilton City Hall to hear a discussion about fare parity on public transit on Monday morning. (Adam Carter/CBC)
Hamilton city council heard from several delegations on its plan to charge blind and disabled people to ride public transit at city hall on Monday morning.
Read more at
http://www.aoda.ca/hamilton-city-council-discusses-fare-parity-for-people-with-disabilities/
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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 .
* County of Brant “Inaccessibility in Motion” Scheme: Everything old is new again!
http://enforcement.aoda.ca/county-of-brant-inaccessibility-in-motion-scheme-everything-old-is-new-again/
* Transit Inconsistencies in Barrie
http://enforcement.aoda.ca/transit-inconsistencies-in-barrie/
* Why are People with Disabilities Treated with dignity and Respect in Brantford but not the County of Brant?
http://enforcement.aoda.ca/why-are-people-with-disabilities-treated-with-dignity-and-respect-in-brantford-but-not-the-county-of-brant/
* County of Brant “Finds” Additional $100,000 for Para Transit! Now What?
http://enforcement.aoda.ca/county-of-brant-finds-additional-100000-for-para-transit-now-what/
* Yoda on AODA: “Hmmm. The more AODA faith have you greater the disappointment shall you see”
http://enforcement.aoda.ca/yoda-on-aoda-hmmm-the-more-aoda-faith-have-you-greater-the-disappointment-shall-you-see/
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EVENTS
*March 27 Peer support meeting for students with mental health concerns
http://www.accessibilityclassifieds.com/?p=1212
*Beyond Graduation Workshop
http://www.accessibilityclassifieds.com/?p=1205
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