by Trish Robichaud | Jul 24, 2020 | Accessible Communities, Accessible Documents, Accessible Education, Accessible Recreation, Barriers, Education, Hearing Disabilities, Information & Communications, Learning Disabilities, Physical Barriers, Physical Disabilities, Systemic Barriers, Uncategorised
Web accessibility may not seem like an immediate priority for many CEOs, especially with other urgent matters like cybersecurity to worry about. But in your position of authority, you must take the lead in ensuring that your digital content is fully accessible to...
by Trish Robichaud | Dec 6, 2016 | Education, Human Rights Cases, Learning Disabilities, Systemic Barriers
“They have an opportunity now to make inclusion work; to stop parents going to court” – Rick Moore. Inclusion is providing for special needs children in classrooms. It’s a goal of the B.C. Ministry of Education. But, in 2002, Christy Clark, as minister then, removed...
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 | Feb 22, 2016 | All, Attitudinal Barriers, Barriers, Chronic Illness, Education, Invisible Disabilities, Physical Disabilities, Systemic Barriers, Types of Disabilities
Some disabilities are more obvious than others. Many are immediately apparent, especially if someone relies on a wheelchair or cane. But others — known as “invisible” disabilities — are not. People who live with them face particular challenges in the...
by Trish Robichaud | Sep 26, 2014 | All, AODA Standards, Attitudinal Barriers, Elections, Employment, Media Coverage, Mental Health Disabilities, Systemic Barriers
By Christian Cotroneo, Front Page Editor, Huffington Post Canada The jokes all died a week ago. That’s when Rob Ford ‘s grim medical diagnosis broke — a rare and aggressive form of cancer. Chemotherapy would begin right away; his bid for re-election...
by Trish Robichaud | Jul 30, 2012 | All, Attitudinal Barriers, Commentary, Human Rights Cases, Systemic Barriers
VANCOUVER — A Vancouver man has been awarded $3,000 after the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal found a potential employer discriminated against him after learning he was visually impaired. Mallaz Khalil, a University of B.C. grad, had responded in April 2011 to a job...
