Ben Cousins, CTVNews.ca, June 15, 2018.
A Toronto man who is visually impaired is calling on Uber to return his mobility cane after a driver allegedly left with it following a dispute about the ride.
Johnny To was heading to a friend’s house on Thursday morning when he asked his driver to make a stop at a gas station. To says he told the driver he would make the adjustment in the app, but the driver refused to stop and also refused to cancel the ride, claiming to be too tired.
Deaf or hard of hearing individuals can show police a visor card to avoid misinterpretations CBC News
Posted: May 21, 2018
The Ontario Association of the Deaf (OAD) has partnered with the Ontario Provincial Police to provide members of the deaf community with visor cards, a guide that makes communicating with police more accessible.
Let’s say you’re deaf and you’re pulled over by a police officer. How do you quickly communicate that you may have different needs than another person?
The agency says the ADP hasn’t had a substantial review in almost 20 years, and digital tools must be covered Paula Duhatschek
CBC News
Originally Posted: May 14, 2018
Marie-Claire Bilyk works in peer support for CNIB in London, Ont. Bilyk says she’s heard from a number of CNIB clients who want the province to update its assistive devices program.
When Marie Claire Bilyk drops an earring and can’t find it, she reaches for her smart phone.
Nick Kirmse, CTVNews.ca
Published Saturday, May 5, 2018 12:15PM EDT
Bylaw officers in Ottawa are cracking down after a sharp spike in the number of cases of drivers misusing accessible parking permits in the city.
So far in 2018, officers have issued more than 380 tickets for parking in an accessible spot without a permit or while misusing one. Misuse of a permit includes forged permits, drivers using a permit issued to someone else, or using a permit that has expired.
By Sally Abrahams & Lee Kumutat
BBC Radio 4, Money Box
6 May 2018
From the “point of view of someone who can’t see” his bank’s upgrade is “appalling”, says Jeff
HSBC, Metro Bank and Halifax have all admitted to failings after redesigning websites that made it hard for their blind or visually impaired customers to access full services online.
