News articles regarding the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)
Toronto – CBC News
As she navigates Toronto’s sidewalks, Yin Brown finds herself dodging a dizzying array of obstacles.
“I smash into patio fences, trip over cafe chairs, get stuck in bicycle racks, walk into trees and even knock down seniors,” said the president of Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians.
Given those challenges, she said too many people like her have simply given up walking in the city.
As International Day of Persons with Disabilities approaches, Hamilton’s Sarah Jama takes stock CBC News Posted: Nov 30, 2017
Sarah Jama says there is much to be done when it comes protect and provide quality of life for the city’s most vulnerable residents.
Sarah Jama is an outreach coordinator at the Hamilton Centre for Civic Inclusion and a disability justice activist in Hamilton Ontario.
Graham Robertson
2017/11/27
Lack of leadership in accessibility isnt just a problem for the University of Ottawa.
As as someone who lives without a disability, a wheelchair ramp is one of the first things that comes to mind when I think of accessibility.
But accessibility goes far beyond this, especially in a campus context, expanding to measures such as proper snow removal in the winter and ensuring that students are able to see the text on a PowerPoint in class.
By Tim Miller, The Intelligencer
Saturday, November 25, 2017
Tim Miller/The Intelligencer Local resident Bill Seeley sits in his electric scooter at the base of the stairs leading up to the second floor of the Stirling-Rawdon and District Recreation Centre. The upper floor, which is rented out for a variety of community activities, currently has no accessibility options for people with mobility issues.
by the Ottawa Disability Coalition (ODC).
November 17, 2017
After conducting accessibility audits in 3 Ottawa areas, the ODC reports the lack of sidewalks in some areas, poor sidewalk conditions and poor or no curb cuts allowing access to sidewalks may force some with mobility disabilities to travel on the road.
