Immigration officials contend that paying $5,259 per year for Rachel Barlagne's education would be an excessive burden on Canada, so they are ordering her family to leave Montreal and abandon the life and business they are building in their adopted country. This is a surprising turn of affairs in a country that a week ago … Continue reading #Disability Group Challenges #Canada on ‘Excessive Burden’: $5,259
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Finally someone`s doing something about #inaccessible debit card checkers!
Retailers’ use of fixed devices faces challenge by handicapped groups Retailers’ use of fixed devices faces challenge by handicapped groups By ALLISON LAMPERT, The GazetteFebruary 19, 2010 Quebec associations for the handicapped are challenging retailers’ use of immovable debit-card readers. They say the practice of attaching bank-card readers to store checkout counters discriminates against certain … Continue reading Finally someone`s doing something about #inaccessible debit card checkers!
Aimee Mullins TED Talk: The opportunity of adversity (and the power of words)
This talk by Aimee Mullins is amazing. She makes important points about the language of disability, and I think anyone who works with people with disabilities, especially children, should pay careful attention to these words. From my own experience, I can say that the language used around my disability was the biggest barrier I had … Continue reading Aimee Mullins TED Talk: The opportunity of adversity (and the power of words)
#Equity: are #Canadians really paying attention?
Recently I was watching Jack Layton on The Hour when he brought up the subject of putting Pay Equity back on the Canadian federal agenda. What's interesting about this is that in Ontario at least, pay equity has supposidly been in place since 1987, but it hasn't really happened. Now with all due respect to … Continue reading #Equity: are #Canadians really paying attention?
Human #rights tribunal orders improvements to #Toronto #polling stations
By KEVIN CONNOR, Toronto Sun Last Updated: 12th February 2010, 7:10pm Polio sufferer Peter Hughes is happy that disabled people no longer will be humiliated when they vote at polling stations. In March 2008, Hughes went to vote in a federal byelection in Toronto Centre — when Bob Rae was elected — only to find … Continue reading Human #rights tribunal orders improvements to #Toronto #polling stations
Needs of #Haiti’s #disabled must not be forgotten, says #UN expert body
9 February 2010 – A group of United Nations experts today stressed that the needs of Haitians with disabilities must be included in the relief, recovery and reconstruction processes following the earthquake that battered the small Caribbean nation last month. Persons with disabilities must not become “the forgotten ones during the emergency response and the … Continue reading Needs of #Haiti’s #disabled must not be forgotten, says #UN expert body
#Film highlights struggles for #Families with #Children with #Learning #Disabilities
I've stumbled across a very moving film documenting the struggle of an Ontario family in getting the education system to meet the needs of children with learning disabilities. It's a shame to see not much has improved since I was their age. A must see film.
Call to #Action from the Council of #Canadians with #Disabilities
Prime Minister Harper has prorogued the House of Commons. A new session will begin March 4th and a new session means a Throne Speech and a Budget Members of Parliament will be spending more time in their constituency offices in January and February. NOW is the perfect time for us to ensure that they know … Continue reading Call to #Action from the Council of #Canadians with #Disabilities
How #Education meets #Disability in a frame of Ableness
Sometimes I wonder if my education is encouraging me to pass as able. In my program I participate in discussion groups, and am expected to be articulate to a certain degree and I fear the possibility of setting the standard for the next person who finds themselves in my position. Though I consider myself an … Continue reading How #Education meets #Disability in a frame of Ableness
Police Taken by Surprise as #Visually #Impaired Block Road
By Geeta Desai Mumbai Mirror, January 26, 2010 at 11:03:45 AM Visually-challenged protestors blocked the road outside BMC headquarters, in front of Azad Maidan, for almost two hours on Monday, to press for their demands of jobs in government and semi-government organisations. The protestors, who were on a hunger strike for the past four days … Continue reading Police Taken by Surprise as #Visually #Impaired Block Road
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