Toronto disability activist dances to heal and help
Melissa Addison-Webster took up dancing as an adult — after a motor vehicle accident left her a quadriplegic. Read the full article from at the Toronto Star.
Award-winning Ryerson University exhibit at Abilities Centre unveils untold history of experiences of people with disabilities
Out From Under: Disability, History and Things to Remember is a fully accessible exhibit that features 13 unique objects chronicling the roadblocks faced by disabled people. The exhibit is curated by Ryerson’s School of Disability Studies and is on display at Abilities Centre in Whitby from May 11 to June 22. Read the full article on the Ryerson News & Events page.
Deaf client calls out TD after communication failure
A deaf client had her credit card declined while booking airline tickets online and had to visit a branch to get things fixed. Read the full article in the Toronto Star.
Jason DaSilva’s When I Walk at Hot Docs 2013
Abilities Arts Festival is co-presenting When I Walk A Film by Jason DaSilva at Hot Docs. Three screenings only! Read more on the Abilities Arts Festival Website.
Mounting evidence shows that many people with dyslexia are highly creative, out-of-the-box thinkers, and neuroimaging studies demonstrate that their brains really do think differently. Read more in the Wall Street Journal.
Third-year undergraduate student Keren J. Mack has managed to turn something personal into a political passion. Mack is studying public administration and governance and recently completed a research project on adult learning disability in Trinidad and Tobago. Read the full article in Ryerson Today.
Raymond Cohen, founder and CEO of the Canadian Abilities Foundation and editor of Abilities magazine, passed away on March 22, 2013. He was 64. For more information, please go to the Abilities website.
Although not a mandatory standard at this time, it is foreseeable that legislators, health and safety officers and inspectors, adjudicators and tribunals will be influenced by the standard when dealing with psychological and mental health issues in the workplace. In addition, such standards may be absorbed into the employer’s general duty to protect workers from harm in the workplace, which exists in all jurisdictions in Canada. Read more on how to integrate this standard.
On February 27, 2013, the AODA Alliance wrote Ontario’s new cabinet minister responsible for implementing and enforcing the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, Dr. Eric Hoskins. He is the new Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Employment. Read the full article on the AODA Aliiance website.
