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 18, 2012 | Accommodations, All, Media Coverage, Physical Disabilities
By Darah Hansen, Postmedia News; Vancouver Sun Ken Hall had only been working at the Bank of Montreal a few days when he found himself face-to-face with a particularly tactless customer. “Oh, wow. They’re hiring people like you here?” a woman asked...
by Trish Robichaud | Oct 21, 2011 | All, Employment, Physical Disabilities, Websites
By Jim Hasse I’ve been both a job seeker and a hiring manager during the last four decades in the mainstream job market. And, since birth, I’ve had cerebral palsy, which means I walk and talk with difficulty. With that rather unusual background, I’ve found that there...
by Trish Robichaud | Feb 1, 2011 | All, Education, Hearing Disabilities, Intellectual Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Mental Health Disabilities, Physical Disabilities, Resources/Tools, Visual Disabilities
Physical Disabilities hidden or invisible disabilities account for 70 to 85% of all disabilities. Includes physiological, functional and/or mobility impairments Can be fluctuating or intermittent, chronic, progressive or stable, visible or invisible Some involve...
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...
