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By Clear Path Employer Services | 3 Minutes Read August 13, 2012

Keep up with AODA reporting!

Have you kept up to date with AODA requirements? Statistics show that one in seven citizens of Ontario has some sort of disability. Not only is it essential for businesses to become accessible in order to take advantage of these potential customers, it's now law!

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By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | 5 Minutes Read August 10, 2012

How assistive devices can make workers or customers with a disability more productive

Assistive technology provided by rehabilitation engineers can play a major role in helping to realize the goals of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, which goal is to make Ontario accessible for people with disabilities by 2025.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Accessibility Standards / Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, Accessibility standards, accessible formats and communication supports, Americans with Disabilities Act, AODA, assistive device, assistive devices, assistive technologies, Assistive technology, communications and environmental control, Disability, discrimination, employment law, Individualize accommodation, Industry Canada, Labour Law, reasonable accommodation, rehabilitation engineers

By Suzanne Cohen Share | 4 Minutes Read December 14, 2011

Attention AODA organizations: actions to complete by January 1, 2012

January 1, 2012, is the date to complete all actions required under the Accessibility Standards for Customer Service and emergency preparedness requirements in the Integrated Accessibility Standards. The good news is, if your organization is obligated to report, you do not have to file with the government until December 31, 2012.

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