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assistive technologies

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 Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 3 Minutes Read September 16, 2011

Duty to accommodate disability case sent back to Human Rights Tribunal

The tribunal that decided the case of alleged discrimination against a part-time paramedic with multiple sclerosis who was shifted to a part-time ambulance driver position (at the paramedic's pay rate) left some loose ends, according to the Supreme Court of British Columbia. The Court sent the case back to the tribunal to decide if the employer reasonably accommodated the employee, even though he was not able to perform important paramedic duties.

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Human Rights / accessibility, accommodation process, assistive devices, assistive technologies, BFOR, Disability, discrimination, duty to accommodate, employment law, human rights tribunal, multiple schlerosis, paramedic, Physical disability, resonably accommodated employee, Supreme Court of British Columbia, undue hardship

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | < 1 Minutes Read March 29, 2011

Slaw: AODA era part III: Information and communication standard

There are specific requirements for each of the Proposed Integrated Accessibility Regulation (PIAR) standards. This post will focus on the specific requirements under the AODA Information and Communication Standard.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Accessibility Standards / accessibility, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, accessible format, Accessible websites, ADA, AODA, assistive technologies, communication support, Disability, employment law, employment standard, information and communication platforms, Information and Communication standard, Internet, PIAR standards, proposed integrated accessibility regulation, The Internet accessibility standards, Transportation Standard, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0

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