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Call to Engage CWDO Members:
Urgent Developments - September 7,
2009
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Citizens
With Disabilities - Ontario (CWDO) actively promotes
the rights, freedoms and responsibilities of persons with
disabilities through community development, social action, and
member support and referral. Our primary activity is
public education and awareness about the social and physical
barriers that prevent the full inclusion of persons with
disabilities in Ontario.
CWDO is proud to be Ontario's
representative at the Council of Canadians with Disabilities
since June, 2009.
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AODA Consultation with
Charles Beer
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear CWDO Members,
The provincial government has hired
Charles Beer to do an independent review of the Accessibility
for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). The AODA
calls for a review of itself every 5 years.
CWDO
has invited Charles Beer to meet with our members
on-line. This will give CWDO members all across Ontario
a chance to participate in the consultation. (Before
CWDO offered this on-line meeting with our members, only those
living in Ottawa, Sudbury or Toronto would have had a chance
to participate in the consultation directly.)
Mr. Beer has accepted!
Date: THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 22,
2009
Time: 7
pm to 9 pm (Toronto
time)
Place:
IDEAL Auditorium 1 (Click here to
connect)
We are asking for any of our members who
care about the AODA and accessibility standards to log on for
this meeting. A good turnout will show that we care
about this legislation, and do not want things to be slowed
down or cancelled.
Our
rights may be in the balance. There has already
been a lot of media reports talking about how hard it will be
for businesses and municipalities to follow the
standards. If we are not seen to be united in our desire
to keep moving toward a fully accessible province, we may lose
much of the ground we have gained. TOGETHER WE ARE
STRONGER. This is a time to show our
strength.
To help us plan the meeting agenda, we have
made up a short survey to collect our members' questions and
comments for Mr. Beer. Click here to access
the survey.
You may be asked if you can raise your
own questions and comments if you attend the online
meeting. But if you cannot come, we will still try to
raise them on your behalf.
Your attendance is vital to
achieving our goal to raise public
education and awareness about the social and physical
barriers that prevent the full inclusion of persons with
disabilities in Ontario.
Your input right now is badly
needed. Please plan to attend and please do the
short survey.
Thank you,
Terrance Green,
Chairperson
CWDO
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Customer Service
Survey
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Help change
business practices toward people with disabilities!
Many people with disabilities face challenges
when trying to access everyday goods and
services.
Ensuring accessible quality customer service
to all is becoming a business and legal imperative.
PSN
- Performance Solutions Network and LLR & associates are
seeking your opinions. They want to understand the major
barriers and issues you experience when attempting to access
every day goods and services and quality customer service.
They also are seeking your ideas and suggestions on what can
be done to make your customer service experiences
better.
They want to represent the issues most
important to people with disabilities.Your experiences and
ideas are important!!
They are conducting a Customer
Service Survey to help ensure they have a clear understanding
of the issues most important to you. The results of the survey
and your ideas, suggestions and concerns will be included in a
report. This report will be used to inform businesses,
organizations and government on how to potentially improve
accessibility to their goods and services and how to enhance
their Customer Service to ALL.
Have your say!
For
your copy of the Customer Service Survey in accessible and
fillable WORD and PDF formats or to complete the survey online
go to http://www.psncorp.com or call us at
416-855-7500.
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Call for Submissions: NEADS Science
and Technology Project
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Consultants for the National Education Association of
Disabled Students (NEADS) are working on the a project called,
"Enhancing Opportunities for Post-Secondary Students and
Graduates with Disabilities in Science and Technology Related
Fields."
The goal of this project, funded by the
Imperial Oil Foundation, is to contribute to the inclusion of
students with disabilities in
science and
technology-related programs and employment. NEADS is
developing a guidebook for persons with disabilities to
provide them with the tools and resources to succeed in
science and technology fields of study and careers after
graduation.
NEADS is currently requesting submissions
of information on programs, relevant organizations, mentorship
or internship initiatives and/or relevant articles pertaining
to individuals with
disabilities in the science and
technology sectors to include in the guide. They will publish
original articles and content that has been previously
published, with proper attribution and credit to the author
and source.
Additionally, if you are within this field
(for example: student, employee, employer, service provider)
and would like to share your experience and be interviewed for
the guidebook please contact the consultants.
All
submissions and enquiries should be sent by email to:
melissa.bolton@neads.ca or wade.brown@neads.ca or
Phone: (613)
380-8065 ext. 205 or (613) 380-8065 ext. 207
If you'd
like further information on the project, a more detailed
description of our science and technology initiative is
available on the NEADS website:
http://www.neads.ca/en/about/media/2008_imperial.php
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| Update: UN
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For an update on the UN Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities, check out the DPI Disability
Convention Daily.
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