Posted by Emma Arenson on Friday, December 14, 2012,
Written
by the National Educational Association of Disabled Students (NEADS)
New
Osgoode program assists law students to meet needs of people with disabilities
York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School, which
has been a leader in “law in action” for several decades, has approved the
creation of a new experiential education program to assist law students in
understanding the issues of people with disabilities.
The Disability Law Intensive Program, the first of
its kind in Canada, will... Continue reading ...
Posted by The Disability Law Association on Tuesday, November 13, 2012,
On Thursday, November 1, the Disability Law Association (DLA)
at the University of Ottawa hosted its first discussion panel on the subject of
Practicing Law with a Disability.
Overall, I was extremely impressed with the conference. The sheer number of people who showed up for the
event demonstrates that an interest for disability issues exists among current University
of Ottawa law students and aspiring law students. In fact, our speaker Laurie Letheren told us that the... Continue reading ...
Posted by Emma Arenson on Monday, October 22, 2012,
CALL FOR PAPERSIntersections and Independence:The Thirteenth Annual Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion & Disability:April 16 - 17, 2013Held on The Ohio State University’s Columbus CampusThis year’s theme focuses presenters on the frictions, synergies and synthesis that occur at the boundaries of multiple roles, identities and perspectives within individuals and between them. Some possibilities to consider:· Exploration of the simultaneous influences of models of disability ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Emma Arenson on Tuesday, October 16, 2012,
This post is a call to action; an action that will take you less than 5 minutes.
* On Monday, October 29th, please take a few minutes of your time to make a phone call to the Ontario Premier's Office to ask that this province take seriously the issue of accessibility for people with disabilities.
There is lots of information below, but basically the problem is that while the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act looks good on paper, it won’t be of much use if the government doe... Continue reading ...
Posted by Emma Arenson on Monday, October 1, 2012,
The Ontario Human Rights Commission and
the University of Ottawa’s Human Rights Research and Education Centre
invite you to the release of:
Minds that Matter
The OHRC’s consultation report
on human rights, mental health and addictions
Please join us for the release of the report in-person or via webcast.
We are grateful to all those who participated in the consultation and contributed to
the report.
Date: October 10, 2012
Time: 4 – 6 p.m.
Place: Tabaret Hall room 112
University of Ottawa, 550 C... Continue reading ...
Posted by Emma Arenson on Thursday, September 27, 2012,
There is
an interesting THATCamp happening
at Carlton Universities ResCommons.
THATCamp stands for “The Humanities and
Technology Camp.” It is an unconference: an open, inexpensive meeting where
humanists and technologists of all skill levels learn and build together in
sessions proposed on the spot.
The theme this year is accessibility - check it out at:
http://accessibility2012.thatcamp.org/contact/
I am techno accessibility junky so I
may go myself!
... Continue reading ...
Posted by Emma Arenson on Saturday, September 8, 2012,
September 5, 2012 SUMMARY - Written by the AODA Alliance. On August 19, 2011, Premier McGuinty made 12 important election commitments on what his Government would do, if re-elected in the 2011 Ontario election, to ensure that Ontario becomes fully accessible to over 1.7 million Ontarians with disabilities by 2025. Those commitments were set out in a letter to the AODA Alliance. The non-partisan AODA Alliance here makes public its detailed Report Card on how well Premier McGuinty is doing in the ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Emma Arenson on Wednesday, August 22, 2012,
Among the many cool things she does, Shermeen works for Accessible Media. Here is her latest assignment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEDtNqfrt-k
AMI's Shermeen Khan visits the Americal Council of the Blind Convention in
Louisville Kentucky. She learns about why people come from all around to
attend, and experiences some of the developments that are improving
accessibility to media and technology.
Continue reading ...
Posted by on Wednesday, August 22, 2012,
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