by Trish Robichaud | May 25, 2014 | All, Employment, Human Rights Cases, Intellectual Disabilities
An intellectually disabled St. Catharines woman who was paid just $1.25 an hour as a labourer at a packaging company for 10 years has won her discrimination case before Ontario’s Human Rights Tribunal. The tribunal awarded Terri-Lynn Garrie $142,124 in lost wages,...
by Trish Robichaud | May 23, 2014 | All, Employment, Funding Announcements
YELLOWKNIFE: Canadians with disabilities in the Northwest Territories will be better equipped with the skills and experience they need to get jobs through a new federal-territorial agreement announced today by the Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Employment and...
by Trish Robichaud | May 21, 2014 | All, Assistive Technology & Devices, Visual Disabilities
SANTA CLARA: Shubham Banerjee, a San Francisco Bay Area seventh grade student, has developed BRAIGO, a Braille printer using Lego Mindstorms EV3, which slashes the price of a printer from more than $2000 to $350, thereby giving a more cost-effective printer. According...
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 9, 2014 | All, Elections, Events, Media Coverage
KATHMANDU: People with disabilities began a relay hunger strike in Bhadrakali on Wednesday, demanding that at least four people from the community be nominated to the new Constituent Assembly. The government is yet to nominate 26 lawmakers to the Constituent Assembly....
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...
