by Trish Robichaud | May 17, 2014 | Accommodations, All, AODA Standards, Legislation
Imagine a blind person with a guide dog is turned away from a store or restaurant. Not only is that refusal a sign of bad judgment, it’s also a breach of Ontario’s accessibility law. Unfortunately, the 2005 legislation that promised equal access for the disabled...
by Trish Robichaud | May 7, 2014 | Accommodations, All, Education
While federal law protects a blind person’s right to be accompanied in public by a service animal, the rights of children with autism who rely on trained dogs to keep them safe, regulate unruly behavior and help them develop socially are not so clear. Parents of...
by Trish Robichaud | Apr 21, 2014 | Accommodations, All, Employment
TORONTO – John Huynh doesn’t mind being the poster boy for disabled people fighting discrimination in the workplace — if it helps eliminate the problem. The 35-year-old marketing analyst has neurofibromatosis type 1, which causes him to walk with a limp, changes...
by Trish Robichaud | Apr 4, 2014 | Accommodations, Employment, Legislation
About 70 per cent of Ontario businesses with 20 or more employees are ignoring provincial accessibility laws, government documents show. Queen’s Park is ignoring thousands of Ontario businesses that are flouting the province’s disability accessibility legislation,...
by Trish Robichaud | Apr 2, 2014 | Accommodations, All, Barriers
More than a decade after Congress took steps to ensure equal access for people with disabilities at the polls, a new report finds that legal, physical and attitudinal barriers remain. During the 2012 election cycle, 1 in 5 voters with disabilities said they were kept...
by Trish Robichaud | Mar 30, 2014 | Accommodations, All, Barriers, Employment
While Canada has made great strides in equal opportunity employment, companies might still be inadvertently discriminating against disabled individuals. Many firms continue to engage in practices that shut out individuals with disabilities, often right from the...
