by Trish Robichaud | Mar 8, 2012 | All, Attitudinal Barriers, Customer Service, Human Rights Cases, Media Coverage, Physical Barriers, Physical Disabilities, Systemic Barriers
By Wendy Gillis, Staff Reporter, TheStar.com Toronto police have settled a human rights claim filed by a paraplegic man arrested during the G20 summit, but the terms will not be made public due to a confidentiality clause. Gabriel Jacobs, a panhandler paralyzed from...
by Trish Robichaud | Jan 22, 2012 | All, Attitudinal Barriers, Human Rights Cases, Mental Health Disabilities
By Sarah Simpson, Citizen Betty James is hoping she’s nearing the end of a years-long battle with a local mobile home park whose aim it was, she claims, to deny her disabled son a place to live. It all started back in May of 2009. James’s son Brian, then...
by Trish Robichaud | Feb 1, 2011 | All, Attitudinal Barriers, Communication Barriers, Education, Physical Barriers, Resources/Tools, Systemic Barriers
Physical Barriers Exist in a structural environment that interferes with or impedes a person with a physical disability from accessing a particular location or service. Communication Barriers Exist when an individual is unable to access information in a format they...
by Trish Robichaud | Feb 1, 2011 | All, Attitudinal Barriers, Information & Communications, Physical Disabilities
SCENARIO… Daniel is looking for a new housekeeper. Due to the effects of *Friedreich’s Ataxia, Daniel is unable to manage housework, but is pretty independent otherwise. He places an ad on craigslist and on the local student employment electronic bulletin...
