by Trish Robichaud | Aug 2, 2017 | Accessible Documents, All, Human Rights Cases, Media Coverage
TORONTO — Ontario’s privacy commission says the provincial government significantly overcharged an advocacy group fighting for information on accessibility law compliance in the province and must now hand over the material. Michelle McQuigge, The Canadian...
by Trish Robichaud | May 26, 2017 | Accessible Transportation, All, Canadian Transport Agency, Media Coverage
Order means VIA Rail must expand mobility device spaces or prove doing so causes ‘undue hardship’ By Shanifa Nasser, CBC News The Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by VIA Rail of a decision that would make it possible for a Toronto couple who rely on...
by Trish Robichaud | May 15, 2017 | Media Coverage
A fundraiser for the Forward Movement April 23 supports a more dynamic accessibility icon BY MICHELLE DA SILVA / APRIL 19, 2017 1:58 PM Accessibility advocates in Toronto are putting pressure on the Ontario government to adopt a new, more dynamic accessibility icon....
by Trish Robichaud | May 12, 2017 | All, Human Rights Cases, Media Coverage
‘Who am I going to ask? A stranger in the passport office?’ Andrew Gurza said to himself when denied help By Shanifa Nasser, CBC News A Toronto man with cerebral palsy is accusing Passport Canada of failing to accommodate him after an attendant refused to...
by Trish Robichaud | Aug 28, 2016 | Accommodations, All, Barriers, Hearing Disabilities, Intellectual Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Media Coverage, Physical Barriers, Physical Disabilities, Public Spaces, Resources/Tools, Types of Disabilities, Visual Disabilities
Great news. Now that the $5.75 million on glam bike paths for the super-abled is out of the way, city council will take a long overdue look at increasing basic accessibility for people who may not even have one way to get from Point A to Point B. Ward 7 Coun. Druh...
by Trish Robichaud | Jul 6, 2016 | Accommodations, All, Attitudinal Barriers, Barriers, Business Case for Accessibility, Employment, Media Coverage, Physical Barriers, Physical Disabilities, Support Persons
CHICAGO: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. violated federal law by failing to provide reasonable accommodations to an employee at its Hodgkins, Ill., store who was disabled by bone cancer and failing to stop harassment of the employee, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
