Important events that impact people with disabilities in the news
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…
Ontario Government News, October 24, 2014 Ontario has appointed The Honourable David C. Onley as a special advisor on accessibility to champion opportunities for people of all abilities in the public and private sectors. As special advisor, he will work closely with Brad Duguid, Minister of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure, to continue breaking down…
Yosie Saint-Cyr, Slaw Canada’s online legal magazine, October 1, 2014 Despite concerns from many that the government was lagging in its enforcement of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), the Accessibility Directorate of Ontario (ADO) has been issuing orders to comply with the Act, particularly the section 14 requirement to produce and file…
HR Blog by Stringer LLP, September 30, 2014 This summer, the License Appeal Tribunal, which has jurisdiction over the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (the AODA), released its first decisions pertaining to AODA compliance. When the first compliance deadlines under the AODA rolled around there did not seem to be much enforcement activity….
US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Washington press release, September 18, 2014 At the Senate HELP Committee hearing Fulfilling the Promise: Overcoming Persistent Barriers to Economic Self-Sufficiency for People with Disabilities, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, unveiled a report that he instructed…
Matt Galloway, CBC Metro Morning, September 17, 2014 We are an organization created by business for business. We help companies access the real, tangible benefits of employing talented people with disabilities: lower turnover, training and safety costs, greater innovation, and access to untapped markets. If you are a private sector company interested in becoming part…
Barbara Turnbull, Toronto Star, September 16, 2014 With the launch of Canadian Business SenseAbility, an organization that will train companies how to hire disabled employees, we look at the worker who inspired the movement.
Richard J. Brennan, Toronto Star, September 2, 2014 Ontario is nowhere near ready to welcome visitors with disabilities to the province for next year’s Pan Am Games, a prominent advocate says. David Lepofsky, a spokesperson for Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance, said Queen’s Park is missing a unique opportunity to use the games…
ALEX BULMER, NOW Magazine, August 30, 2014 Playwright Alex Bulmer received with hostility instead of hospitality I am blind and travel with a guide dog so wanted to book a hotel room for three nights in a particular part of the city I was familiar with. I outlined all of this while on the phone…
Josh Cassidy, The Toronto Star, Opinion, August 5, 2014 Four million Canadians report living with a disability. Only 3 per cent of them are involved in sport. This is a shocking statistic. This week marks the one-year countdown to the 2015 Parapan American Games in Southern Ontario. It represents a huge opportunity to create social…
