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 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 | Jan 24, 2017 | All, Funding Announcements, Physical Barriers, Public Spaces
Dominik Kurek | York Guardian A seniors’ centre in York is getting financial help to make it more accessible. The Syme 55-plus Centre is receiving a $45,000 grant through the provincial government’s Ontario150 Community Capital Program to refresh areas of the centre...
by Trish Robichaud | Nov 15, 2016 | Accommodations, All, Barriers, Customer Service, Education, Environmental, Government Publications, Information & Communications, Integrated Standards Regulation, Invisible Disabilities, Physical Barriers, Physical Disabilities, Press Release, Public Spaces, Systemic Barriers, Visual Disabilities, Websites
The U.S. Access Board has released new chapters of its online guide to accessibility standards under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Architectural Barriers Act. This guide features a series of technical bulletins covering requirements for accessible routes...
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...
