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Today is The Ford Government’s Troubling Three Year Anniversary of Inaction On the Onley Report, Which Had Urged Bold New Action on Accessibility for 2.6 Million Ontarians with Disabilities

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January 31, 2022 Toronto: Today is the three year anniversary of the day when the Ford Government received the blistering final report of the Independent Review of the Implementation of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, by former Ontario Lieutenant Governor David Onley. In the 1,096 days since then, Premier Ford announced no comprehensive plan to implement Onley’s report. Onley found that progress towards Ontario becoming accessible to 2.6 million people with disabilities was “glacial”, and that Ontario remains full of “soul-crushing barriers” impeding people with disabilities.

Today is The Ford Government’s Troubling Three Year Anniversary of Inaction On the Onley Report, Which Had Urged Bold New Action on Accessibility for 2.6 Million Ontarians with Disabilities. Read full article.

AODA Alliance Calls on the Ford Government to Swiftly Post Online the Final Report of the K-12 Education Standards Development Committee Which It Received Today

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Society for All People with Disabilities Web: https://www.aodaalliance.org
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January 28, 2022

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On Friday, January 28, 2022, the Ford Government received the final report of the K-12 Education Standards Development Committee. It gives the Government detailed recommendations on what the Government should enact in the promised Education Accessibility Standard to tear down the many disability barriers impeding students with disabilities in Ontario-funded schools.

AODA Alliance Calls on the Ford Government to Swiftly Post Online the Final Report of the K-12 Education Standards Development Committee Which It Received Today. Read full article.

New Campaign Highlights Public Transit Accessibility Features

By Miranda Chant
January 24, 2022

The London Transit Commission (LTC) is asking its riders to consider the needs of others as it launches a new campaign aimed at raising awareness of accessibility features on city buses.

The LTC is one of several transit systems across the province participating in the EnAbling Change campaign from the Ontario Public Transit Association. Through on-board messaging and social media posts, the campaign will highlight accessibility features such as priority seating and service animal policies. It will also encourage riders to consider giving up their seat to individuals with visible and non-visible disabilities.

New Campaign Highlights Public Transit Accessibility Features. Read full article.

‘It’s Discriminatory’: Students Of Ontario School For The Blind Urge Province To End Virtual Learning

January 26, 2022

In a video circulating online, blind and low-vision students of W. Ross Macdonald School in Brantford, Ontario urged the provincial government to reopen lodging so they can return to in-person learning.

‘It’s Discriminatory’: Students Of Ontario School For The Blind Urge Province To End Virtual Learning. Read full article.

Disability Rights Advocate Files Court Application Today Against Ford Government for Discriminating Against Blind People Like Him

By Only Allowing Online Renewal of an Expired Health Card if a Person Has a Driver’s License Ontario’s Own Official Photo ID Card isn’t Accepted

ACCESSIBILITY FOR ONTARIANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT ALLIANCE
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Disability Rights Advocate Files Court Application Today Against Ford Government for Discriminating Against Blind People Like Him. Read full article.