by Trish Robichaud | Apr 12, 2017 | Accessible Employment, Accommodations, All, Business Case for Accessibility
Less than a fifth of people living with intellectual and developmental disabilities are employed, but business leaders can help change that. BY SCOTT MONETTE | 07.21.16 | 5:00 AM Everyone deserves a chance to succeed. And by my estimation, no group has been refused...
by Trish Robichaud | Apr 5, 2017 | All, Government Publications, Press Release
Government Partnering with OCAD to Improve Accessibility for Consumers with Disabilities April 4, 2017 – Accessibility Directorate of Ontario Ontario is helping businesses and organizations better understand the needs of people with disabilities, while...
by Trish Robichaud | Mar 17, 2017 | All, Physical Barriers, Public Spaces, Resources/Tools
‘The mandate from the province is that the whole city needs to be accessible … why not in 2017?’ A Toronto deli owner is sounding off after being issued a city notice to remove an accessibility ramp that’s sat outside his shop for the last...
by Trish Robichaud | Mar 15, 2017 | Accessible Parking, All
The world looks different when you use a wheelchair – Just ask Doug Poirier By Simon Martin, Newmarket Era The Georgina resident was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2009 and since that time accessibility has taken on new meaning. The Accessibility for...
by Trish Robichaud | Mar 10, 2017 | All, Human Rights Cases, Physical Barriers, Public Spaces
Mary Taylor plans to go to the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal over disability accommodation conflict By Kate McGillivray, CBC News – A 94-year-old woman with a disability says she’s planning on going to the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal after the company...
by Trish Robichaud | Mar 4, 2017 | Addiction, All, Human Rights Cases
Human rights law now considers substance dependency to be a disability, and grants sufferers the protections that go along with that designation By PETER GOFFIN, Staff Reporter, The Star Bill Moynagh hadn’t been turning up for work. Bill Moynagh says he lost two jobs...
