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The AODA Clock is Ticking
There is 1 year, 33 weeks, 2 days until a fully Accessible Ontario! Will you be compliant?
In this Issue
*’Such a Vital Program’: Breaking Down Barriers Returns to Innisfil Schools
*Canada: Saskatchewan’s Accessibility Plans And Upcoming Requirements
*Tiny Eyes More Accessible Parking for Residents
*Paraplegic Hockey Fan Shut Out of Disabled Parking – Gets Ticket
*Province Ramps Up Funding for 51 Companies Operating Wheelchair-Accessible Cabs
*Accessibility Beyond Legislation: Peterborough’s Disability Community Seeks More Than AODA Standards
*Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs Passes Four Important Amendments to Bill C-22 (the Canada Disability Benefit Act) and a Final Amendment to be Voted on Next Wednesday
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Press Releases:
* Section 508 Compliance: Don’t Make These 6 Mistakes
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* CVAA Compliance: The 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act https://www.levelaccess.com/blog/cvaa-compliance/
Past Press Releases:
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ARTICLES:
‘Such a Vital Program’: Breaking Down Barriers Returns to Innisfil Schools
The program introduces Grade 5 students to challenges faced by those with vision, sight, cognitive function and mobility issues
Read more at
https://www.accessibilitynews.ca/such-a-vital-program-breaking-down-barriers-returns-to-innisfil-schools/
Canada: Saskatchewan’s Accessibility Plans And Upcoming Requirements
The Act aims to improve accessibility by preventing and removing barriers that disable people with respect to employment, the built environment, information and communications, transportation, service animals, procurement, service delivery and any other prescribed activities or undertakings. “Disability” under the Act is defined as an impairment that, in interaction with a barrier, hinders a person’s full and equal participation in society.
Read more at
https://www.accessibilitynews.ca/canada-saskatchewans-accessibility-plans-and-upcoming-requirements/
Tiny Eyes More Accessible Parking for Residents
If Tiny council is eyeing up parking spots, it’s for a good reason.
“Under AODA (Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005) legislation, we are required to have three per cent of our parking spaces be accessibility spaces,” said Deputy Mayor Sean Miskimins who sits on the AAC as the council representative.
Read more at
https://www.accessibilitynews.ca/tiny-eyes-more-accessible-parking-for-residents/
Paraplegic Hockey Fan Shut Out of Disabled Parking – Gets Ticket
‘I shouldn’t have to go to Memorial Gardens an hour and a half earlier just because I’m in a wheelchair the disabled spots are there for a reason, it’s not fair that because I’m in a chair and my truck needs the extra space I get another $40 added to my hockey night’ Stu Campaigne
Read more at
https://www.accessibilitynews.ca/paraplegic-hockey-fan-shut-out-of-disabled-parking-gets-ticket/
Province Ramps Up Funding for 51 Companies Operating Wheelchair-Accessible Cabs
Minister of Transportation Rob Fleming said the grants will help 51 tax companies across the province reduce maintenance costs for nearly 400 wheelchair-accessible taxis.
Accessibility Beyond Legislation: Peterborough’s Disability Community Seeks More Than AODA Standards
What does accessibility look like in Peterborough’s cultural life? Recent research by Jessica Scott, a Catherine Parr Traill College student pursuing an M.A. in Canadian and Indigenous Studies, has highlighted the importance of accessibility in Peterborough’s arts scene.
Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs Passes Four Important Amendments to Bill C-22 (the Canada Disability Benefit Act) and a Final Amendment to be Voted on Next Wednesday – We Need the Whole Senate to Pass Bill C-22 Including These Amendments for Which So Many Fought So Hard
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