David Lepofsky, Toronto Star, June 11 2015 Ten years after Ontario promised to make the province fully accessible by 2025, we’re not nearly on track. Why are we doing so poorly? Ontario hasn’t created all the accessibility standards needed to ensure the province reaches full accessibility by 2025. Nor has it effectively enforced the accessibility…
Ontario Launches Accessibility Action Plan, News Release, June 3, 2015 The AODA has transformed the lives of people with disabilities by establishing standards in key areas of daily life, including customer service, employment, information and communications, transportation and the design of public spaces. The Path to 2025, Ontario’s Accessibility Action Plan, was Introduced on the…
Christopher Lytle, principle consultant and owner of Christopher Lytle Consulting, January 5, 2015 The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act should be viewed as a living document. So far there have been two independent reviews of the AODA, the first completed by Mr. Charles Beer and the second, which has yet to be released, authored…
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…
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…
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…
