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Accessible Healthcare During States of Emergency

Currently, there are still no AODA healthcare standards. However, an AODA standards development committee drafted recommendations of guidelines that AODA healthcare standards should include. These guidelines include accessible healthcare during states of emergency.

The committee’s mandate from the Ontario government requires recommendations focused on the hospital setting. However, patients and healthcare workers with disabilities also face barriers in other parts of the healthcare system, including:

Accessible Healthcare During States of Emergency. Read full article.

  • Doctors’ offices

Enforcement Framework for Accessibility in Healthcare

Currently, there are still no AODA healthcare standards. However, an AODA standards development committee drafted recommendations of guidelines that AODA healthcare standards should include. These guidelines include an enforcement framework for accessibility in healthcare.

The committee’s mandate from the Ontario government requires recommendations focused on the hospital setting. However, patients and healthcare workers with disabilities also face barriers in other parts of the healthcare system, including:

Enforcement Framework for Accessibility in Healthcare. Read full article.

  • Doctors’ offices

With a Federal Election Looming, Two Captioned Videos Explain Why Canada Needs a Strong Accessible Canada Act and Why the One that Passed in 2019 Needs to Be Strengthened

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Society for All People with Disabilities
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July 28, 2021

It sure looks, sounds, tastes and smells like there is a federal election in the air. That means it is time for disability advocates to gear up to ask the federal parties for election commitments on accessibility for over six million people with disabilities in Canada!

With a Federal Election Looming, Two Captioned Videos Explain Why Canada Needs a Strong Accessible Canada Act and Why the One that Passed in 2019 Needs to Be Strengthened. Read full article.

Accessibility Awareness in Healthcare

Currently, there are still no AODA healthcare standards. However, an AODA standards development committee drafted recommendations of guidelines that AODA healthcare standards should include. These guidelines include accessibility awareness in healthcare.

The committee’s mandate from the Ontario government requires recommendations focused on the hospital setting. However, patients and healthcare workers with disabilities also face barriers in other parts of the healthcare system, including:

Accessibility Awareness in Healthcare. Read full article.

  • Doctors’ offices
  • Walk-in clinics

Opt Out of e-Scooters Before It’s too Late, Accessibility Committee Warns

A letter from the accessibility advisory committee has been sent to council Tuesday Angela McInnes, CBC New
Posted: Jul 27, 2021

Adding e-scooters to London’s proposed pilot bike share program will do more harm than good, according to the accessibility advisory committee.

The city has been surveying Londoners for their input on the matter since May.

Jay Menard, chair of London’s accessibility advisory committee, has written a letter to the Community and Protective Services Committee about concerns around e-scooters.

Opt Out of e-Scooters Before It’s too Late, Accessibility Committee Warns. Read full article.

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