Source: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jun/30/a-phone-call-cant-make-tea-how-uks-lack-of-social-care-is-hitting-disabled-people-in-lockdown
Month: June 2020
Fundraising: Peterborough Kiwanis Donates Trail Chairs to Camp Kawartha
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By Caroline McConnell, Special to the Examiner Mon., June 29, 2020 The hiking trails at Camp Kawartha, both at the main site on Clear Lake…
VIA Rail Canada Inc. last week announced additional steps toward ensuring universal accessibility in order to meet requirements set out by the Canadian Transportation Agency.…
Marcia Carroll The Guardian, June 10, 2020 The Government of Canada recently marked May 31 to June 6 as National AcessAbility Week. Any other year,…
The handling of those highly vulnerable to coronavirus speaks volumes about attitudes towards chronic illness and disability
New Transport Rules for Disabled Travellers a Step Forward but Not Enough: Advocates
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Michelle McQuigge / The Canadian Press June 25, 2020 New rules aimed at making travel within Canada safer and more accessible for people with disabilities…
By John Rae Editor’s Note: John Rae is a long-time disability rights advocate, who lives in Toronto. The 2015 Truth and Reconciliation Commission spotlighted centuries…
New York State Maintains Discriminatory Bar to Employment for Those with Less Than 20/40 Vision
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Disability Rights Advocates challenges the State’s irrational, blanket disqualification of workers based on disability, seeks to bring hiring standards into compliance with the law June…
Safety failures at charity for blind people follows critical reports at Oxfam GB and Save the Children
Jordan Walker-Brown, from London, says officers stopped him because he is black