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…
unwanted burden
CBC News, Toronto, February 24,2023 A Toronto woman is speaking out about the experience of flying with a disability, saying her most recent flight with Air Canada left her feeling like an unwanted burden. Georgia Pike, a graduate student at York University, says she has travelled in and out of Toronto Pearson Airport many times,…
Jon Hernandez, CBC News, British Columbia, January 6, 2023 Woman alleges City of Maple Ridge has created unsafe walking conditions for people with disabilities. Maria Kovacs won’t risk waiting for the bus near her church on her own anymore. The last time she tried it, a cyclist hit her. When I got out of the…
Barrier Free Saskatchewan, Facebook Post, August 23, 2021 Canadian Transportation Agency to hold virtual hearing to address Air Canada’s online booking system. Since Air Canada launched its new website in January 2017, Lui Greco has had difficulty using their online booking system. Blind since birth, Greco uses a screen reader, computer software that enables people…
Erica Johnson, British Columbia CBC News, April 29, 2019 Stearn Hodge says he’s had enough of airport security agents and airlines trying to take away the batteries for his portable scooter; a disability violation. He’s fighting to take United Airlines, WestJet and the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority to the Canadian Human Rights Commission. Stearn…
Karina Brown, Courthouse News Service (CNS), January 15, 2019 Guillermo Robles, a blind man, filed a federal lawsuit against Domino’s in September 2016, claiming the company thwarted him twice when he attempted to order a customized pizza. Its website and mobile app didn’t work with screen-reading software, which vocalizes visual information on websites. The company…
