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New Guidelines Help Accommodate Workers with Addiction Issues
Human rights law now considers substance dependency to be a disability, and grants sufferers the protections that go along with that designation By PETER GOFFIN, Staff Reporter, The Star Bill Moynagh hadn’t been turning up for work. Bill Moynagh says he lost two jobs...
NS Accessibility Legislation Gets More Scrutiny
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...
Canadians with Disabilities Act to Focus on Employment: Minister
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 Disabilities,...
Syme 55-plus Centre gets Ontario150 money for accessibility upgrades
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...
Along the Fraser: Working on Inclusion in Schools
“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...
US Access Board Releases New Guidance on Accessibility
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...