The Canadian Press April 10, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic takes a particularly heavy toll on Canadians with disabilities and more efforts are needed to ensure…
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The Mass Migration to Online Learning is Leaving Disabled Students Behind
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Mythili Sampathkumar Digital TrendsMarch 27, 2020 Rachel, an undergraduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was actually considering online classes last year before COVID-19 forced…
Disability Groups File Complaint On Rationing Policies In Coronavirus Pandemic
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People With Disabilities Say Rationing Care Policies Violate Civil Rights Joe Shapiro NPR, March 23, 2020 People with disabilities are asking the federal government to…
COVID-19 Visitation Bans for People in Institutions Put Many at Risk in Other Ways
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Barring visitors ignores the specific needs of those with intellectual and psychiatric disabilities By Natalie Spagnuolo, Michael Orsini CBC News Opinion, Mar. 29, 2020 Disabled…
COVID-19 and Disability: Recommendations to the Canadian Government from Disability Related Organizations in Canada
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March 24, 2020 It is imperative that the Government of Canada urgently address the unique vulnerabilities of people with disabilities and their families during the…
Microsoft Joins Forces With Enable Ireland to Embed AI Into Assistive Technology Passport
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Irish Tech News’March 12, 2020 Microsoft and Enable Ireland have joined forces today to announce a new commitment to embed AI into the Assistive Technology…
Michelle McQuigge / The Canadian Press March 18, 2020 Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair, Minister of Transport Marc Garneau, Deputy Prime…
Accessibility Essential for Alberta’s COVID-19 Updates: We have no choice but to wait
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By Morgan Black -Global News Posted March 16, 2020 On Monday, an ASL/English interpreter was present during an Alberta Health COVID-19 update for the first…
By Amy M. Warren w Globe and Mail, Mar. 16, 2020 I started my career as a 25-year-old professor eagerly running between classes, but my…
Seeing companies make drastic changes to accommodate working remotely during the coronavirus outbreak is great ” but it’s also frustrating for those of us who…