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Napanee group home owners file human rights complaint
Thursday, August 23rd, 2012
7 August 2012
… after a contentious public meeting in October 2011… Council refused to give them a “zoning compliance letter,” effectively deeming the group home illegal… Jo-Ann Seamon, of the Human Rights Tribunal by the Human Rights Legal Support Centre, called the case “heart-wrenching.” She said she found it hard to believe there were “people who are ‘scared’ of people with developmental disabilities.”
Tags: disabilities, housing, ideology, mental Health, rights
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Better service for disabled key goal of new policy
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
Dec 04 2011
Under the new standards, it will be mandatory as of Jan. 1, 2012, for all businesses to have a plan to train employees to provide services to those with disabilities… The core goal of the AODA, created in 2005, is to make the entire province accessible to the disabled by 2025… For example: • Accommodating a customer’s service dog. • Writing answers to questions for someone who is deaf. • Using simple language and speaking slowly and in short sentences when helping someone with a developmental disability. • Accommodating those who accompany someone with a disability.
Tags: disabilities, participation, rights, standard of living
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