LAURIE MONSEBRAATEN, Social justice reporter, Toronto Star, February 9, 2017 Cost can no longer be a barrier to creating an accessible Canada, says Carla Qualtrough, federal minister of sport and persons with disabilities. Qualtrough hopes the new law will spark a culture shift away from the fallacy that making the country fully accessible for more…
Michelle McQuigge, The Canadian Press, February 5, 2017 Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, says removing accessibility barriers will be crucial to tackling long-standing high jobless rates among the country’s disabled population. Data has long shown that Canadians with disabilities are greatly under-employed compared to their non-disabled counterparts, with multiple studies finding…
Linda Stuart, Cartt.ca News, Cable and Telecom, February 2, 2017 For most of us, location-based augmented reality apps might be considered nice to have, entertaining technology that conjures up images of last summer’s PokaMon Go craze. But for blind and visually impaired people, the use of augmented reality technology in audio-based navigation apps can provide…
