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CWDO's Upcoming
Events
October 11,
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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REMINDER! Meeting with
Charles Beer
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OCTOBER 22, 2009
Time: 7 pm to 9 pm (Toronto time)
Place: IDEAL
Auditorium 1 (Click here to
connect)
Click here to
register.
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.
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.
Our members who have been attending local
meetings about the standards have told us that few people with
disabilities are there. That means the loudest voices
are those who do not want these standards. If it matters
to us, we need to get involved. This is a time to show our
strength.
TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER.
To help us plan the meeting agenda, we have
created 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.
Captioning, ASL and intervenor
accommodation is available upon request, thanks to funding
from the Office for Disability Issues, Human Resources and
Skills Development Canada.
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AODA News
Updates
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The AODA
Alliance has been vigilant in keeping accessibility high on
the government's agenda. They deserve our
support.
To request their email updates, send an email
to:
Visit the AODA Alliance
Website.
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Webinar:
Wills, Trusts, and Estate Planning
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Date: TUESDAY EVENING,
OCTOBER 27, 2009
Time: 10:00 am to noon (Toronto time)
Place: IDEAL Auditorium 1 (Click here to
connect)
No one
likes to think about the reasons for needing to plan for a
will, trust, or estate, but it is important to consider how to
do this well. Will your plans be carried out according
to your wishes? Are there things you need to know ahead
of time? Unless you plan to live forever, this webinar
will provide you with some very useful information. Click here to
register for Wills, Trusts and Estate Planning.
Brendon Pooran of pooranlaw is returning to provide
this informative webinar.
Captioning, ASL and intervenor
accommodation is available upon request, thanks to funding
from the Office for Disability Issues, Human Resources and
Skills Development Canada.
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Webinar:
Disability Rights Promotion International (DRPI)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Date: WEDNESDAY
EVENING, OCTOBER 28, 2009
Time: 7 pm to 9 pm (Toronto time)
Place: IDEAL Auditorium 1 (Click here to
connect)
Presenters: Dr.
Paula Pinto, DRPI Canada, a post-doctoral scholar and Dr.
Marcia Rioux from York University's Critical Disability
Studies Master's and Doctoral programs
Disability Rights
Promotion International (DRPI) is a collaborative project
working to establish a monitoring system to address disability
discrimination globally. D.R.P.I. has adopted a holistic
approach to disability rights monitoring, with three focus
areas: individual experiences monitoring, systemic monitoring
and media monitoring. Find out more about this work and
how you can get involved. Register for the DRPI
Webinar.
Captioning, ASL and intervenor
accommodation is available upon request, thanks to funding
from the Office for Disability Issues, Human Resources and
Skills Development Canada.
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Need Help To Participate in
CWDO Events?
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Hello!
A number of very interesting
CWDO Webinars will be taking place, starting with the Town
Hall meeting on October 22nd. All Webinars will be held
in the CWDO IDEAL Online Conferencing Center in Auditorium 1
at http://www.ideal-group.org/cwdo.
You can register for these webinars and
look up more information on our CWDO website at http://www.cwdo.org.
Online help sessions are now available to
enable you to participate in these Webinars. All online help
sessions will be drop-in sessions so that I can individually
assist you in preparing your computer to meet your needs and
all help sessions will take place in Auditorium
1.
Here is a schedule of dates and times to
choose from:
- Tuesday October 13, from 7:00 pm to 9:00
pm
- Wednesday October 14, from 10:00 am to
noon
- Thursday October 15 from 7:00 pm to 9:00
pm
- Friday October 16, from 1:00 pm to 3:00
pm
- Saturday October 17, from 1:00 pm to 3:00
pm
Please note, all times given are Eastern
(Toronto) times.
You can participate in the CWDO Webinars
by speaking, (if you have a headset with attached microphone
or external computer microphone and speakers). You can also
participate in the Webinars by text messaging.
If you need step-by-step instructions for
downloading the conferencing plug-in and to get into
Auditorium 1 or have any other questions, please write to me,
Pat Seed, at: pat.seed@tbaytel.net.
I look forward to
working with you to help make your participation in a CWDO
Webinar a successful experience!
~ Pat Seed
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Endorse the "Disability
Declaration"
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TheODSP Action
Coalition is asking individuals and groups to endorse
their Disability
Declaration.
The Declaration sets out some
of the rights that people with disabilities have, according to
the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities,
and then states what changes the Ontario government needs to
make to ODSP to fulfill those rights.
Although Canada
has not yet ratified the Convention, the Coalition believes it
is important for people with disabilities and organizations
that work with them to use it in articulating how and why
their needs must be met.
To endorse the Disability
Declaration, please send a message indicating your support to
the Coalition Co-chairs, Nancy Vander Plaats and Kyle Vose; by
email: vanderpn@lao.on.ca, or by snail mail c/o
Scarborough Community Legal Services; 695 Markahm Rd; Suite 9,
Scarborough, ON M1H 2A5.
Please include your full
name, address and organization (if any) on your message. If
you have any questions contact Kyle at 647-885-9272, or Nancy
at 416-438-7206.
Together we are
stronger.
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Reminder: Scooter
Research
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Researchers at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
are studying accessibility standards to determine the space
needs to accommodate users of powered scooter devices.
The goal of this study is to get user feedback
primarily on outdoor scooter safety and performance in the
winter. This information will be added to the testing they
have already completed to determine the space requirements for
moving around while using a powered scooter. Their research
will be used in the development of new accessibility
guidelines for Ontario to meet the needs of the growing number
of scooter users.
This research has been approved
by the Research Ethics Board at Toronto Rehab. They ask that
you please take a moment to complete the survey.
You
are welcome to call them to simply fill it out. If the call is
long distance, they can call you back to avoid long distance
charges. To get a copy of the survey contact Pam Holliday
at:
holliday.pam@torontorehab.on.ca or call
416-849-4340 x 217
TRI thanks you for your
time.
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