City Lets Deaf Community Know It Isn’t Forgotten

Posted By W. BRICE MCVICAR THE INTELLIGENCER
April 27, 2010

Belleville’s hard-of-hearing and deaf community is getting better insight into how the municipality works.

New equipment which allows hard-of-hearing residents to listen in during council meetings and the inclusion of a sign language interpreter at some meetings will break down barriers for a large number of residents in Belleville.

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Opening Doors in Pickering

Accessibility advisory committee planning for barrier-free city
Apr 26, 2010 – 11:16 AM
By Kristen Calis

PICKERING — Doors must be open to all Ontarians by 2025, and a group of Pickering volunteers hopes to whip Pickering into shape for the Province’s goal
of full accessibility.

“They all have the right to the same quality of life that we enjoy today,” said Keith Falconer, chairman of the Pickering accessibility advisory committee.

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Disabled Cry Foul Over Cuts

Posted By RONALD ZAJAC , STAFFWRITER
April 24, 2010

Like many people who depend on Brockville’s para transit system, Mary Ann Greenwood worries it will soon be harder to get a ride.

Greenwood, whose son, Paul Murrell, 31, has tuberous sclerosis and requires a wheelchair to get around, has already had to reduce the number of times she uses para transit. She worries those opportunities will decrease even more when the city’s new para transit contract takes effect May 1, effectively reducing the number of available buses from a maximum of four to two.

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There Should Be No Barriers to Voting in Ontario

April 16, 2010

Bill 231, a series of amendments to the Election Act, is now before the legislature, but it is not enough to take into account the full needs of voters
with disabilities.

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Welland May Be Most Accessible Community: Findlay

Posted By KAESHA FORAND/Tribune Staff
April 5, 2010

WELLAND — Not being able to access offices at a city hall or the library or being visually impaired and unable to see crosswalk signals are challenges some people with disabilities face every day.

But Welland is complying with new accessibility legislation, including to install audible pedestrian crossings, retrofit buildings and purchase wheelchair
accessible buses.

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