Gabrielle Peters, The Maple, August 30, 2021 With a federal election underway, Peters said she and other disabled people have been left feeling like an “add on.” “We’re still not being a major component of any of the parties’ thought processes,” said Peters. As a result, she sees that most political parties are offering only…
Mark A. Riccobono, President, National Federation of the Blind, July 2021 Tonight, we, as blind people organized in a civil rights movement, come to our own moment of reflection. We cannot remove ourselves from the nation in which we live. We cannot deny the influence of the pressures, perspectives, barriers, and inequities of that nation,…
Wayne Antle, president of the Ottawa-Gatineau Chapter of the Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians, Ottawa Citizen, April 10, 2021 Wayne Antle, president of the Ottawa-Gatineau Chapter of the Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians, disagrees with Ottawa Council’s enthusiasm for e-scooters. Shared e-scooters will make Ottawa’s streets and sidewalks more dangerous. Sharing public space…
Province of British Columbia, April 2021 We are committed to supporting people with disabilities to meaningfully participate in their communities. To support this, the Government of B.C. has introduced accessibility legislation. In fall 2019, over 7,000 British Columbians provided input to develop accessibility legislation.
Richard Raycraft, CBC News, March 7, 2021 $4 million cut comes as shock to those who rely on services to curb isolation during pandemic. Advocates for Canadians with disabilities related to reading printed text have launched a protest campaign after the federal government abruptly announced it would cut their funding, a surprise move they say…
Greg Thomson, Accessibility For Ontarians With Disabilities Act Alliance, January 28, 2021 A Victory Disability Advocates Now Invoke to Prevent Disability Discrimination in Access to Life-Saving Critical Care if Hospitals Start to Triage Critical Care. Weeks earlier, in October 1980, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau introduced a bill into Parliament to add a new Charter of…
Olivia Bowden, Staff Reporter, The Star, January 18, 2021 While the rest of the province is hunkering down under new, stricter stay-at-home orders, Jim Rossiter is his usual place, with students in his classroom. Rossiter is a special-education teacher at Maxwell Heights Secondary School in Oshawa and, even with most schools shuttered amid surging COVID-19…
Dorianne Pollack, Guest Writer, Huffington Post, January 16, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has affected everyone, but those of us who are blind or visually impaired have been compromised in ways that the sighted community may not realize. People who are blind or visually impaired already experience loneliness and isolation at much higher levels than the…
Brendan Kennedy, Social Justice Reporter, The Star, December 2, 2020 A coalition of disability rights groups is calling on Doug Ford’s government to make public the directions they plan to give hospitals about how to decide who should be prioritized for life-saving treatment if intensive care units become overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients. The call comes…
World Blind Union, November 2, 2020 The World Blind Union (WBU) and CBM Global Disability Inclusion have launched the new Accessibility GO! A Guide to Action. With 10 years to realise the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, accessibility is the foundation to building a more inclusive, equitable world where no-one is left behind in line…
