A remarkable 20-year struggle for disabled rights

Bob Hepburn, Toronto Star, November 29, 2014
On Friday, November 28, 2014, the non-partisan Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance, held a celebration at Queen’s Park to mark the birth of this grassroots movement to make Ontario barrier-free. Back in 1994, David Lepofsky and 20 other people walked down a corridor at Queen’s Park and entered a small room to vent their frustrations over the NDP government’s failure to approve Ontario’s first disabilities act. Little did Lepofsky know, however, that the informal hour-long meeting would spawn a 20-year movement that has achieved remarkable success in helping the disabled in Ontario at home, at work and in the community.