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Growing up with a #disability and now working as an #accessibility consultant, I notice these types of barriers all the time. For me, and for the estimated 27% of #Canadians who also have
a disability that affects their day-to-day activities (a number that #StatisticsCanada expects to increase as the baby boomers age), automatic door openers are just the tip of the iceberg.In 2019, the federal government passed the #AccessibleCanadaAct (ACA), which aims to make #Canada fully #accessible by 2040. Despite this perception that the proverbial needle of accessibility is moving forward, Canada isn’t as accessible as it thinks it is. Many bars and restaurants still lack accessible washrooms; Braille menus and signage are still uncommon; obstacles make it hard for wheelchair users to navigate public spaces.
New findings from #AccessibilityTechnology company #AccessNow corroborated this reality as part of its #research project, Mapping Our Cities for All. Considered Canada’s largest accessibility #ResearchInitiative to date, the project evaluated the state of accessibility at more than 14,000 sites in #Vancouver, #Calgary and #Ottawa. Released last November, the research found that almost 60% of public businesses were only partially accessible or not accessible. Much like my Toronto café, many of these spaces had some accessibility features, like a ramp, but also barriers, such as a bathroom only reachable by stairs.
https://broadview.org/canada-isnt-as-accessible-as-it-claims-to-be/
#PeopleWithDisabilities #DisabledCanadians #CDNpoli #BCpoli #YYJpoli #Inclusiveness #CommunityDiversity #AccessabilityForAll
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*Developers are #ableists because they can't profit as much from #PeopleWithDisabilities. Disabled folks have been struggling for far too long, trying to find & obtain #AccessibleHousing.
Starting next March in B.C., all large new condominium and apartment buildings will require 100-per cent adaptable suites and first-floor suites in smaller apartment buildings will be required to be easily adapted so anyone with a disability can live in them.
Developers say this could add tens of thousands of dollars to the cost of new homes because they will all require bigger rooms, lower outlets and various changes in washrooms.
Tom Davidoff, associate professor of business at the University of British Columbia told Global News that if accessibility for everyone is not mandated, it is certainly possible that builders would provide almost no accessible units.
https://globalnews.ca/news/10601068/bc-building-code-accessibility-changes-concerns-developers/amp/
#BCpoli #DisabledCanadians #Housing #Accessibility #DisabledPeopleDeserveHomesToo #HumanRights #DisabilityRights
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#Disability #advocates are set to gather in downtown #Toronto Thursday morning to not only mark the historic win of the #Canada #DisabilityBenefit, but to gather support in improving it for #PeopleWithDisabilities.
Brad Evoy, one of the organizers behind the rally, says they'll kickstart the morning by making posters and listening to advocate speeches before rallying in front of federal #FinanceMinister #ChrystiaFreeland's office.
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After a federal judge’s scolding for its “unreasonable” and “unintelligible” handling of a #Calgary man’s bid for #LegalAccess to #psilocybin for excruciating #headaches, #HealthCanada is backing down.
Lance’s win comes two weeks after Federal Court Judge Simon Fothergill ruled Health Canada wholly disregarded legal arguments that Lance has a #CharterRight to #MedicalGrade psilocybin.
#PeopleWithDisabilities #HumanRights #DisabledCanadians #Legal #CDNpoli #Law
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#Workers who are #neurodivergent or have other #disabilities are already prone to facing barriers, but Ms. Campbell’s experience highlights another barrier that emerges when the language used in #JobAds inadvertently weeds out #PeopleWithDisabilities.
This likely contributes to the persistent #underrepresentation of people with disabilities in #Canada’s work force.
#DisabledWorkers #Employment #HumanResources #Ableism #LanguageMatters #DisabledCanadians #CDNpoli
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A #Toronto woman is calling for more #accessibility in #AirTravel after she had to be carried off an #AirCanada plane in a badly broken aisle chair, an experience she says was #unsafe & #undignified.
Tori Lacey, 26, chronicled the troubling incident on her #TikTok & #Instagram pages, where she usually posts content about her #travel exploits as a person who uses a #wheelchair.
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7211123
#DisabilityRights #PeopleWithDisabilities #DisabledCanadians #StopAbleism #CDNpoli #Canada
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#GovernmentOfCanada is developing new #accessibility regulations as part of the #AccessibleCanadaAct, with the goal of making #workplaces #BarrierFree for #PeopleWithDisabilities by 2040. In partnership with the #Canadian National Institute for the #Blind #CNIB & with funding from #AccessibilityStandards #Canada, we spoke to #employers about the barriers, needs, and enablers when it comes to hiring, supporting & retaining #PwDs.
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Curtis's humiliation came from the fact that at his graduation, the ramp to get onto the stage was too steep & #inaccessible for #WheelchairUsers.
Curtis has #EhlersDanlos syndrome, a connective tissue disorder that causes joint dislocations & severe pain, which is why he uses a #wheelchair & has a service animal.
#University #NewBrunswick #LawGrad #PeopleWithDisabilities #AccessibilityFail #AccessibilityMatters #DisabledStudents #Graduation #DisabledCanadians #DisabledVoices
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Devices such as #MobiMats allow people to move across the sand to the water on a sturdy platform, which would make it easier for people like Lumsdon to cross the beach.
...in #Toronto, the city says only three of its 10 supervised #swimming #beaches — Woodbine, Ward's Island & Centre Island — have #accessibility features like mats, decks or beach #wheelchairs that people can reserve ahead of their visit.
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7206872
#PeopleWithDisabilities #DisabledOntarians #DisabledCanadians
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A #Canadian #tech company is helping #DisabledKids with #mobility issues put their best foot forward with the help of a pair of #revolutionary #RoboticLegs.
The #Ontario based company #TrexoRobotics is currently on a cross-country road show, highlighting their device – the #robotic #GaitTrainer.
#PeopleWithDisabilities #AccessibleTech #MobilityAids #UsefulTech #RoboticsForDisabled #Orthopedic #GoodNews #DisabledCanadians
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#UniversityOfVictoria professor #resigned from federal #disability advisory group saying funds allocated for #DisabledCanadians are inadequate.
#UVic professor Michael Prince resigned from #GovernmentOfCanada #DisabilityAdvisoryGroup in #protest after being appointed to it in 2020.
In 2023, the federal government passed the #Canada #DisabilityBenefitAct to help financially support #Canadians living with a disability