Important events that impact people with disabilities in the news
Peterborough Examiner, David Lepofsky, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance, September 23, 2026 Ask candidates to make the municipal disability accessibility pledge that calls for no e-scooters, no scramble intersections and no bike paths on sidewalks, advocate urges. E-scooters endanger people with disabilities, seniors and others, racing silently at high speeds on sidewalks, roads…
Transit accessibility advocates are slamming Metrolinx over a design they say fails to provide full accessibility at a new TTC station. A video posted by the group shows how the station is missing a crucial elevator to connect TTC’s Line 1 to the new Finch West LRT. Riders must go up one full floor (11…
Toronto City Council unanimously passed a motion, brought forward by Councillor Rachel Chernos Lin, that states as follows: City Council request the Chief Executive Officer, Metrolinx, in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Transit Commission, the Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee and the Accessibility Advisory Committee on Transit, to improve tactile wayfinding for those with…
AODA Alliance Update Over the past months disability advocates have continued to advocate for the Ford Government to at long last effectively address the plight of at least 350,000 vulnerable students with disabilities in Ontario schools. Caryn Lieberman, Global TV News, June 22, 2026 YouTube: the AODA Alliance and the Ontario Autism Coalition Virtual Town…
AODA Alliance addresses the Standing Committee on Bill 101’s inadequacies, David Lepofsky, AODA Alliance, April 28, 2026 Toronto Legislative public hearings on the Ford Government’s Bill 101 revealed that, apart from the few Government’s hand-picked cheerleaders, there’s overwhelming opposition to Ford’s scheme to take over all of Ontario’s 72 school boards. Bill 101 is a…
David Lepofsky, AODA Alliance, December Metroland Column, December 17, 2025 It is inexcusable that it took a blind job applicant eight long years to win an open-and-shut case of disability discrimination in employment. In 2017, a blind St. Catharines resident with two computer-related diplomas applied for a job in a local call centre. His application…
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Jonathan Migneault, CBC News, Sudbury, June 23, 2025 A woman from Callander has filed a complaint with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario against the municipality and the province over her concerns around accessibility at the northern town’s municipal building. Chantal Cormier, who uses a wheelchair, says ramp is needed as 2nd entrance is too…
second annual disability poverty report card 2024 On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Disability Without Poverty and Campaign 2000 released their second annual 2024 Disability Poverty Report Card, assigning Canada an F, a failing grade, for its lack of progress in addressing poverty among people with disabilities. This report card finds people with…
Dalson Chen, CBC News, Dec 03, 2024 The city’s Facilities Accessibility Design Standard hasn’t been updated since 2001. 24 years without an update: Windsor’s accessibility design standard. The principles by which City of Windsor properties are built to be accessible to those with disabilities are based on a standard dating back to 2001. Long-time Windsor…
