Currently, there are no AODA education standards. However, two AODA standards development committees have drafted recommendations of guidelines that AODA education standards should include. One committee has recommended guidelines for the kindergarten to grade twelve (K-12) education system. In contrast, the other committee has recommended guidelines for the university and college education system. In this article, we outline the Postsecondary Committee’s recommendations for accountability in accessible postsecondary education.
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UWindsor President Hopes Pandemic Experience Leads to Better Accessibility for Learners
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During the annual state of the university address, University of Windsor president Robert Gordon touched on how learning could develop after the pandemic, saying the institution should listen to student concerns regarding increasing accessibility to learning.
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
ACCESSIBILITY FOR ONTARIANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT ALLIANCE
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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.
Strategy to Implement the Postsecondary Education Accessibility Standards
Currently, there are no AODA education standards. However, two AODA standards development committees have drafted recommendations of guidelines that AODA education standards should include. One committee has recommended guidelines for the kindergarten to grade twelve (K-12) education system. In contrast, the other committee has recommended guidelines for the university and college education system. In this article, we outline the Postsecondary Committee’s recommendations for a strategy to implement the Postsecondary Education Accessibility Standards.
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
SUMMARY
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.