Important events that impact people with disabilities in the news
Toronto Star, Francine Kopun, Senior Writer, August 24, 2024 The $956-million provincial courthouse in Toronto is under fire again – this time for failing to meet the province’s own accessibility legislation. Disability rights activist David Lepofsky says courthouse violates the province’s own Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. He and others raised concerns with the…
Toronto CityNews, Dilshad Burman, August 21, 2024 We’re reliant on people’s goodwill: Advocates say Ontario will not meet accessibility requirements without enforcement PROVINCE THE SAME AS EVERYBODY ELSE. As the 20-year deadline for compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act looms, advocates weigh in about its failings and what needs to change to…
Academic rigour, Samuel Ragot, PhD Candidate, McGill University, August 20, 2024 It is very difficult, if not impossible, to know exactly how many people with an intellectual disability are in sheltered work programs in Canada. Canada was recently criticized by Tomoya Obokata, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, in relation to…
AODA Alliance, August 8, 2024 Disability Advocates' Powerful New Video Reveals Serious Accessibility Problems at new Downtown Toronto Mega-Courthouse. A Billion-Dollar Accessibility Bungle Shows Ontario Falling Further Behind Schedule for Becoming Disability Accessible by 2025. The AODA Alliance today makes public a striking new 14-minute video (and a more detailed 50-minute version) exposing significant disability…
Corynne McSherry, Press Release, December 15, 2023 A cartel of major publishing companies must not be allowed to criminalize fair-use library lending, the Internet Archive argued in an appellate brief filed on December 15, 2023. The Internet Archive is a San Francisco-based 501(c)(3) non-profit library which preserves and provides access to cultural artifacts of all…
Canadian Survey on Disability, 2017 to 2022 The Accessible Canada Act (ACA) was passed in 2019 with the intention of creating a barrier-free Canada by 2040. The Canadian Survey on Disability 2022 showed that 27% of Canadians aged 15 years and older (8.0 million people) had one or more disabilities that limited them in their…
David Lepofsky, Contributor, TheToronto Star, November 7, 2023 It’s good the government promised to create a Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) to lift people with disabilities out of poverty. Now it’s time to fix the problems with Bill C-22. The federal government calls it “shameful” that one million people with disabilities languish in poverty. However, their…
Industry, Overlay Company Sues Globally-Recognized Accessibility Expert
Law Office of Lainey Feingold, Structured Negotiation | Disability Rights, July 11, 2023 This is an article about a lawsuit filed against a digital accessibility advocate named Adrian Roselli. Adrian has been outspoken against a type of software called an overlay. This type of overlay promises to make websites accessible for disabled people with just…
Jonathan Mosen, Address delivered to the National Convention of the National Federation of the Blind, July 6, 2023 My current podcast, Living Blindfully, brings blind people together from, at last count, 113 countries. Living Blindfully discusses a wide range of topics including policy, philosophy, employment, parenting and more. We also talk a lot about technology,…
Government of Canada, Senate sitting: #126, May 18, 2023 Senate sitting: #126 Location: Senate Chamber, Senate of Canada Building Scheduled: Thursday, May 18, 2023 Time: 4 Hours (14:00-18:00) Clip: Bill C22 at about 14:55 time slot
