by Timi | Oct 22, 2023 | Legislation, Physical Barriers, Physical Disabilities
Disability advocate Haley Flaro says a plan to create accessibility legislation by the New Brunswick government will help take persons with a disability off the sidelines. In the second part of a report, the Premier’s Council on Disabilities announced the government...
by Timi | May 10, 2023 | Air Travel, Legislation, Transportation
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is looking to institute new requirements in order to make air travel easier for passengers with disabilities. Legislation introduced this month in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives calls for the Department of Transportation...
by Timi | Sep 7, 2022 | Accessible Communities, Employing People with Disabilities, Events, Hearing Disabilities, Human Rights Cases, Legislation, Up-coming Event
To position persons with disability as agents in their narratives and experts of their own experiences, event organizers commissioned professional artist Anne K Abbott to create promotional materials for the speaker series. Learn more about Abbott at...
by Trish Robichaud | Oct 8, 2017 | Legislation
Act would facilitate access to products and services A European Accessibility Act that would make it easier for senior citizens and people with disability to use ATMs, check-in and other ticketing machines has been hailed as a “huge opportunity” by...
by Trish Robichaud | Feb 11, 2017 | All, Legislation
The Nova Scotia government is seeking more input on its proposed accessibility legislation after negative feedback on the version tabled in the provincial legislature last fall. Committee hearings on Bill 59, an Act Respecting Accessibility in Nova Scotia, will resume...
by Trish Robichaud | Feb 5, 2017 | All, Employment, Legislation
By Michelle McQuigge – The Canadian Press TORONTO – The minister tasked with crafting laws to make Canada more accessible to people with disabilities says employment will be a key focus of her efforts. Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Sport and Persons with...
