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Guard against workplace assumptions
Noble motives may elicit a heavenly reward. But they never spare employers from the wrath of human rights commissions. When Holly Graham, a mobile patrol security officer with Ottawa-based Response Security & Investigations, unexpectedly became pregnant, she...
Disabled Man Wins Tenancy Battle
By Sarah Simpson, Citizen Betty James is hoping she's nearing the end of a years-long battle with a local mobile home park whose aim it was, she claims, to deny her disabled son a place to live. It all started back in May of 2009. James's son Brian, then 55 years old,...
Searchable Online Accommodation Resource (SOAR)
Job Accommodation Network's (JAN) Searchable Online Accommodation Resource (SOAR) system is designed to let users explore various accommodation options for people with disabilities in work and educational settings. These accommodation ideas are not all inclusive. If...
Proving They Can Do the Job
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 him as she stared...
Is addiction considered a disability? Hamilton worker gets to keep job after crashing city vehicle
A City of Hamilton employee who was fired for crashing his work vehicle while driving drunk the wrong way on a highway is getting his job back. John Fougere, a 22-year employee of the city, was fired in May 2010 after he caused $9,000 worth of damage to a city-owned...
An introduction to inclusive design
A lot of research goes into understanding how physical disabilities (e.g. blindness) affect users online and how support technologies can help. However, many people suffer from psychological disorders or learning difficulties which greatly affect their experiences...