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February 21, 2012 Suzanne Cohen Share Accessibility Standards, Human Resources, Human Rights, Standard for Customer Service, Standard for the Built Environment
Andrew Lawson recently introduced our readers to the StopGap one-step ramp project at www.stopgap.ca. The group offers businesses in Ontario a one-step accessibility ramp for free. Sounds great, right? Well, during my several years on Ontario’s accessible built environment standards committee, we addressed the issue of one-step ramps and members raised valid reasons not to assume this is a fix in all situations. So what is the conundrum?
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