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Accessibility = Inclusion and Belonging for Kids with Physical Disabilities

TORONTO: Kids with physical disabilities are often left out because a building isn’t accessible, there is no accessible transportation or a program won’t accommodate someone in a wheelchair.

Easter Seals Ontario has been an advocate for improving accessibility for children with disabilities in the community for 98 years.

Accessibility means more than just ramps, elevators and electric door openers. It is also being able to join a group and play together, enabling a child with a disability to be included and have a sense of belonging.

Accessibility = Inclusion and Belonging for Kids with Physical Disabilities. Read full article.

Local Artist Hopes to Help Improve Accessibility of Art

CTVNewsBarrie.ca Staff
Published Friday, January 31, 2020 6:14PM EST

BARRIE –Orillia’s Robyn Rennie has found an alternative way to create art.

After losing most of her vision, the artist turned to technology.

“Within six days, I was completely blind. It just shut down my optic nerve,” Rennie said.

She was able to gain back some of her vision by doing an experimental treatment, but it’s still a challenge.

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Physically Disabled Employee Sues Apple Inc. for Constructive Dismissal

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Monkhouse Law

TORONTO, Dec. 17, 2019 /CNW/ – As Apple opens a new ‘flagship’ store in Canada a 33-year-old person with a disability who was employed for more than eight years as an “Apple Genius” working at an Apple Inc. store in Ontario is claiming that he was dismissed by the computer giant because he requires a wheelchair and is suing for lost wages and damages.

Physically Disabled Employee Sues Apple Inc. for Constructive Dismissal. Read full article.

Harvard to Caption Online Video Content Following Lawsuit Settlement

By Lucy Liu, Crimson Staff Writer
Dec. 2, 2019

Harvard reached a settlement with the National Association of the Deaf Wednesday in a 2015 lawsuit alleging that the University failed to adequately close caption its publicly accessible online video and audio content.

Harvard to Caption Online Video Content Following Lawsuit Settlement. Read full article.

Timmins Transit Brings High-Tech Wheelchair Safety to Buses

Timmins transit unveils new technology that will give riders in wheelchairs a safer and more comfortable ride. Sergio Arangio, CTV News Northern Ontario Videojournalist
@sergioCTVNews
Published Friday, September 27, 2019

TIMMINS — Timmins Transit officially revealed the addition of new wheelchair securement technology to one of its buses.

The Q’Straint Quantum system looks to give commuters in wheelchairs a safer and more independent ride, and Timmins Transit is one of the first in Ontario to use it.

Timmins Transit Brings High-Tech Wheelchair Safety to Buses. Read full article.

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