The now mandatory masks make lip reading, facial cues impossible Andrea Yu Toronto Star, July 9, 2020 For the deaf and hard of hearing, COVID-19…
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AbleDocs Inc. and axes4 GmbH Announce Merger to Become the Worldwide Leader in Document Accessibility Products and Services
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July 01, 2020 TORONTO & ZURICH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AbleDocs Inc. the leading PDF accessibility service provider, and axes4 GmbH, the preeminent developer of leading-edge PDF/UA compliant software…
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,…
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…
By Jensen, Randy on June 24, 2020. Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com While the City is taking several important steps in leading the way for…
BC Transit is Using COVID Safety Precautions as An Excuse to Infringe the human Rights of Disabled People
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By Lyle Attfield June 22, 2020 I was denied access to the bus identified above because the driver refused to let me board citing COVID…