Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/aug/12/disability-care-agency-banned-after-degrading-death-of-adelaide-woman-ann-marie-smith
Month: August 2020
eSSENTIAL Accessibility and PixelMEDIA Partner to Improve Web Accessibility for Digital Commerce
Posted in Accessibility News
News provided by eSSENTIAL Accessibility Aug 11, 2020, 10:00 TORONTO, Aug. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ – Today, eSSENTIAL Accessibility, the pioneering Accessibility-as-a-Service provider that empowers organizations…
Shielding rules were relaxed in England on 1 August, but I’m not rushing to the shops or beach any time soon
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/aug/11/lockdown-families-learning-disabled-people-coronavirus
YouTube Is Ending Its Community Captions Feature and Deaf Creators Aren’t Happy about it
Posted in Accessibility News
The feature, which YouTube says was underutilized, will be discontinued in September By Kim Lyons Jul 31, 2020 The Verge YouTube plans to discontinue its…
A recent Gucci beauty campaign, starring model Ellie Goldstein, who has Down’s syndrome, was a smash hit. But campaigners say they are still facing an uphill battle for disability visibility in fashion
‘Do our lives count for less?’: COVID-19 exposes cracks in disability aid
Posted in Accessibility News
Adina Bresge The Canadian Press, August 6, 2020 Karyn Keith says she isn’t asking for much. All she wants is the same support she’d receive…
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/aug/07/half-century-social-work-society-changes
More than 30 residential disability services linked to Covid-19 outbreaks in Victoria
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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/aug/07/more-than-30-residential-disability-services-linked-to-covid-19-outbreaks-in-victoria
Delayed COVID-19 Support Another Example of government’s Inequitable Treatment of Disabled Canadians
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Hanna Warsame The Pigeon, Aug. 4, 2020 Editor’s Note: The source interviewed for this piece uses disability-first language to describe herself, and The Pigeon has…