Peter Slatin, NFB Braille Monitor, March 2021 Crowded sidewalks and roadways have a few benefits to the blind: motion provides clues to what is happening. Before the pandemic, when I approached a corner I could hear whether other pedestrians were walking in the same direction, stopping, slowing or hurrying. I could hear cars traveling in…
United States government Department of Transportation, Press Release, December 2, 2020 The U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Final Rule on Traveling by Air with Service Animals. The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced that it is revising its Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) regulation on the transportation of service animals by air to ensure a…
Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press, September 10, 2019 The regulations do little to improve airport service or accommodate attendants and service dogs on board international flights, president of Citizens with Disabilities Ontario says. The regulations, rolled out in June under a revised Canada Transportation Act, with most slated to take effect in June 2020, do…
Canadian Transportation Agency, Canada Gazette, Part 1, Volume 153, Number 10, March 9, 2019 Persons with disabilities in Canada face barriers that affect their ability to fully participate in activities of everyday living, such as travel. Members of the disability community widely report that they face attitudinal barriers, as well as indirect barriers to participation…
