The Law Commission of Ontario (LCO) would like to hear about the experiences of persons with disabilities with provincial laws, programs and policies. We are looking for participants in our focus groups to discuss how the law affects you, as a person living with disability. Specifically, the LCO wants to hear your thoughts on issues … Continue reading Spring 2010: #LCO Community #Consultation with Persons with #Disabilities
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#Ontario scraps Special Diet Allowance to further #Medicalize people in #Poverty
Poverty advocates decry loss of diet allowance Laurie Monsebraaten Social Justice Reporter Ontario is scrapping the Special Diet Allowance that helps people on social assistance pay extra food costs related to specific medical conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure. Confirming the pre-budget fears of anti-poverty advocates, the Liberal government cited last fall’s provincial … Continue reading #Ontario scraps Special Diet Allowance to further #Medicalize people in #Poverty
#G20 summit #security to be ‘massive’ ~ but is anyone really surprised?
Jennifer Yang Staff Reporter Access to the innermost security zone during the G20 weekend will be controlled by a 3-metre-high fence and five levels of security screening, a summit official said Tuesday. These were among the few details shared with more than 100 property managers and company representatives who attended Tuesday morning’s “G20 summit preparedness … Continue reading #G20 summit #security to be ‘massive’ ~ but is anyone really surprised?
A #Federal agenda that includes us (People with #Disabilities )
By Harry Wolbert Last Updated: March 1, 2010 12:00am Our elected members of parliament will return to work this week. And with that comes the expectation that some work will finally get done. Over these last few years disability issues have taken a backseat on the national agenda. This has been a real disappointment for … Continue reading A #Federal agenda that includes us (People with #Disabilities )
#Disability #rights: Coming of age at #UN
By STEVE ESTEY Thu. Mar 18 - 4:54 AM It takes a long time to clear security at UN headquarters these days. But after waiting nearly eight years for the moment, I was in no rush. Last Thursday, with Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as witness, the government of Canada took the final step towards ratifying … Continue reading #Disability #rights: Coming of age at #UN
Proposed US Law Would Force Product Accessibility
Manufacturers and suppliers of consumer technology devices in the US could be forced to make all their products accessible to blind consumers, if proposed legislation is passed by Congress. Introduced by Jan Schakowsky, a Democratic House of Representatives member from Illinois, the Technology Bill of Rights for the Blind Act 2010 ( http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h4533/text ) is … Continue reading Proposed US Law Would Force Product Accessibility
UN SETS UP HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP TO LOOK INTO SITUATION OF HAITI’S DISABLED
New York, Mar 5 2010 10:05AM A working group comprising United Nations experts has been created to look into the situation of Haitians with disabilities, who have been disproportionately affected by January’s catastrophic earthquake. Today’s <"http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=9873&LangID=E">announcement comes after a group of UN human rights experts last month appealed for the needs of the disabled in … Continue reading UN SETS UP HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP TO LOOK INTO SITUATION OF HAITI’S DISABLED
Special Diet Program Discriminatory: Human Rights Tribunal
On Wednesday, February 17, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario released its long-awaited decision in the lead Special Diet Allowance complaint cases. In a 61-page decision, Interim Tribunal Chair David Wright found that the Ontario government’s Special Diet Allowance Program discriminated against the lead complainants on the basis of disability and ordered retroactive and future … Continue reading Special Diet Program Discriminatory: Human Rights Tribunal
No one knows what sort of future there will be for #amputees in #Haiti
Mitchell Landsberg Ottawa Citizen , Feb. 23, 2010 She is 19 years old, with an angelic face and big, heavy-lidded eyes. A bright young woman close to graduating from high school, a rare accomplishment in Haiti. As her sister runs a hand through her hair, Sounlove Zamour tells how the Jan. 12 earthquake split her … Continue reading No one knows what sort of future there will be for #amputees in #Haiti
#Disability Group Challenges #Canada on ‘Excessive Burden’: $5,259
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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