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Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aodaalliance Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance TikTok @AODAAlliance     A Tale of Two School Boards – Opposite Responses to Parental Criticism of Announced Special Education Disruptions   June 26, 2026   SUMMARY … Continue reading A Tale of Two School Boards – Opposite Responses to Parental Criticism of Announced Special Education Disruptions

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aodaalliance Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance TikTok @AODAAlliance   Catching Up On Important News Stories Regarding Students with Disabilities!   June 23, 2026   SUMMARY   Over the past months, we and other … Continue reading Catching Up On Important News Stories Regarding Students with Disabilities!

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aodaalliance Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance TikTok @AODAAlliance The Latest in a Growing and Worrisome Pattern of Harmful Special Education Cuts is Revealed at the Ottawa Carleton Catholic District School Board   June … Continue reading The Latest in a Growing and Worrisome Pattern of Harmful Special Education Cuts is Revealed at the Ottawa Carleton Catholic District School Board

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aodaalliance Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance TikTok @AODAAlliance   Ford Government Says It Wants School Boards to Be More Accountable About Their Budgets and Promptly Does the Opposite!   June 11, 2026   … Continue reading Ford Government Says It Wants School Boards to Be More Accountable About Their Budgets and Promptly Does the Opposite!

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aodaalliance Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance TikTok @AODAAlliance     AODA Alliance Chair David Lepofsky’s Monthly Column in the Toronto Star’s Metroland Publications Urges Parents of Students with Disabilities to Sign Up to … Continue reading AODA Alliance Chair David Lepofsky’s Monthly Column in the Toronto Star’s Metroland Publications Urges Parents of Students with Disabilities to Sign Up to Speak at the June 18, 2026 Virtual Town Hall on How to fix the Many Disability Barriers in Schools Around Ontario

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aodaalliance Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance TikTok @AODAAlliance   Focusing on the Plight of Vulnerable Students with Disabilities in Ontario Schools During National AccessAbility Week that Begins Today     May 31, 2026 … Continue reading Focusing on the Plight of Vulnerable Students with Disabilities in Ontario Schools During National AccessAbility Week that Begins Today

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aodaalliance Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance TikTok @AODAAlliance   Canada’s Largest School Board to suffer Harmful Cuts to Special Education, Due to Combined Bad Decisions of the Ford Government and Its Provincially Appointed … Continue reading Canada’s Largest School Board to suffer Harmful Cuts to Special Education, Due to Combined Bad Decisions of the Ford Government and Its Provincially Appointed TDSB Supervisor

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aodaalliance Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance TikTok @AODAAlliance   Please Write the Ontario Legislature’s Standing Committee on Social Policy Fast to Support the AODA Alliance’s Brief on Bill 101 to Protect Students with … Continue reading Please Write Legislature’s Standing Committee on Social Policy Fast to Support the AODA Alliance’s Brief on Bill 101 to Protect Students with Disabilities – and — AODA Alliance Chair David Lepofsky’s Monthly Metroland Column

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aodaalliance Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance TikTok @AODAAlliance   Education Minister Calandra Wrong to Only Consider Two Options, Abolishing Elected School Board Trustees or Simply Maintaining the Status Quo Unchanged   March 22, … Continue reading Education Minister Calandra Wrong to Only Consider Two Options, Abolishing Elected School Board Trustees or Simply Maintaining the Status Quo Unchanged

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aodaalliance Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance TikTok @AODAAlliance   The Issue of the Plight of Students with Disabilities at School Boards that Education Minister Paul Calandra Runs is Not Going Away!   March … Continue reading The Issue of the Plight of Students with Disabilities at School Boards that Education Minister Paul Calandra Runs is Not Going Away!

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aodaalliance Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance TikTok @AODAAlliance   More Proof Things Get Worse for Vulnerable Students with Disabilities When Education Minister Calandra Takes Over and Runs a School Board, as Revealed in … Continue reading More Proof Things Get Worse for Vulnerable Students with Disabilities When Education Minister Calandra Takes Over and Runs a School Board, as Revealed in a Wrenching Toronto Today Report

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aodaalliance Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance TikTok @AODAAlliance   School Boards that Ford Government Runs to Survey Parents on Budget Priorities, but Survey Creates False Impression that Boards can Opt to Deprioritize Special … Continue reading School Boards that Ford Government Runs to Survey Parents on Budget Priorities, but Survey Creates False Impression that Boards can Opt to Deprioritize Special Education

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aodaalliance Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance TikTok @AODAAlliance   Things Are Looking Worse for Vulnerable Students with Disabilities in School Boards that the Education Minister is Now Running, As the TDSB Illustrates   … Continue reading Things Are Looking Worse for Vulnerable Students with Disabilities in School Boards that the Education Minister is Now Running, As the TDSB Illustrates

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aodaalliance Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance TikTok @AODAAlliance       More Good Media Coverage of Diverse Accessibility Issues   February 23, 2026   SUMMARY   Our advocacy efforts are targeted at so … Continue reading More Good Media Coverage of Diverse Accessibility Issues

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance TikTok @AODAAlliance     AODA Alliance Chair David Lepofsky’s Monthly Column in the Toronto Star’s Metroland Publications Calls on All School Boards to Host a Public Forum for Parents … Continue reading AODA Alliance Chair David Lepofsky’s Monthly Column in the Toronto Star’s Metroland Publications Calls on All School Boards to Host a Public Forum for Parents of Students with Disabilities

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance TikTok @AODAAlliance   AODA Alliance Chair David Lepofsky’s Latest Column in the Toronto Star’s Metroland Publications Urges Parents of Students with Disabilities to Ask Their School Board’s Student and … Continue reading AODA Alliance Chair David Lepofsky’s Latest Column in the Toronto Star’s Metroland Publications Urges Parents of Students with Disabilities to Ask Their School Board’s Student and Family Support Office to Ensure Their Child’s Disability is Accommodated at School

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance TikTok @AODAAlliance     CTV and City TV News Highlight Disability Concerns with the New School Board Student and Family Support Offices   January 21, 2026   SUMMARY   … Continue reading CTV and City TV News Highlight Disability Concerns with the New School Board Student and Family Support Offices

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance   Ford Government Causes More Chaos in the Top Ranks at Two School Boards Over Which it Seized control, Further Destabilizing Education for All Students, Including Thousands of Students … Continue reading Ford Government Causes More Chaos in the Top Ranks at Two School Boards Over Which it Seized control, Further Destabilizing Education for All Students, Including Thousands of Students with Disabilities

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance   A Glimpse of Backdoor Cuts to Come for Students with Disabilities? Disturbing New Survey Reveals Previously Undisclosed TDSB Cuts to Services for Students with Disabilities   December 10, … Continue reading A Glimpse of Backdoor Cuts to Come for Students with Disabilities? Disturbing New Survey Reveals Previously Undisclosed TDSB Cuts to Services for Students with Disabilities

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance   Recent Problems at TDSB’s Special Education Advisory Committee Show What May Be in Store for Students with Disabilities at a Growing Number of Other School Boards     … Continue reading Recent Problems at TDSB’s Special Education Advisory Committee Show What May Be in Store for Students with Disabilities at a Growing Number of Other School Boards

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance   David Lepofsky’s November Column in the Toronto Star’s Metroland Publications Shows Why Things Are Getting Worse for Ontario’s Students with Disabilities     November 20, 2025   SUMMARY … Continue reading David Lepofsky’s November Column in the Toronto Star’s Metroland Publications Shows Why Things Are Getting Worse for Ontario’s Students with Disabilities

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance   News Reports Amplify the “Better Call Paul” Campaign and Our Concerns About the Ford Government’s Reaction to It   November 15, 2025 SUMMARY   From news reports, it … Continue reading News Reports Amplify the “Better Call Paul” Campaign and Our Concerns About the Ford Government’s Reaction to It

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance   The More the Ford Government Tries to Justify Banning Live Streaming of Five School Boards’ Special Education Advisory Committee Meetings, The More Unconvincing Are Its Explanations   November … Continue reading The More the Ford Government Tries to Justify Banning Live Streaming of Five School Boards’ Special Education Advisory Committee Meetings, The More Unconvincing Are Its Explanations

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance     Still More Media Coverage Blasting Education Minister’s Banning School Boards Under Provincial Supervision from Live Streaming Special Education Advisory Committee Meetings   October 11, 2025   SUMMARY … Continue reading Still More Media Coverage Blasting Education Minister’s Banning School Boards Under Provincial Supervision from Live Streaming Special Education Advisory Committee Meetings

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance   More Media Coverage of the Ford Government’s Attempt to Reduce the Parent Advocacy for Students with Disabilities – and – Ousted Trustees to Hold October 14, 2025 Public … Continue reading More Media Coverage of the Ford Government’s Attempt to Reduce the Parent Advocacy for Students with Disabilities – and – Ousted Trustees to Hold October 14, 2025 Public Forum in Toronto

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance   There’s More Media Attention on the Plight of Students with Disabilities in School Boards that the Ford Government Took Over and is Directly Managing, But We Need More! … Continue reading There’s More Media Attention on the Plight of Students with Disabilities in School Boards that the Ford Government Took Over and is Directly Managing, But We Need More!

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance   A Troubling Step Backwards at TDSB for Students with Disabilities   September 16, 2025   SUMMARY   An important article in “Toronto Today” describes the negative impact of … Continue reading A Troubling Step Backwards at TDSB for Students with Disabilities

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance   The Ford Government’s Ousting Four School Boards’ Elected Trustees Leaves Parents of Students with Disabilities Out in the Cold   September 1, 2025   On the eve of … Continue reading The Ford Government’s Ousting Four School Boards’ Elected Trustees Leaves Parents of Students with Disabilities Out in the Cold

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance   Toronto Star Report Exposes the Crisis in Ontario Schools Facing Students with Disabilities   August 31, 2025   SUMMARY   This Labour Day weekend, the Toronto Star ran … Continue reading Toronto Star Report Exposes Crisis in Ontario Schools Facing Students with Disabilities

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance     August 30, 2025   SUMMARY   For parents of students with disabilities, here is a resource that quite a number of people have found to be helpful … Continue reading Here is One Way to Help Frustrated Parents of Students with Disabilities

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance   School Principals’ Arbitrary Power to Exclude Students From School is the Focus of AODA Alliance Chair David Lepofsky‘s June Column in the Toronto Star’s Metroland Publications Across Ontario … Continue reading School Principals’ Arbitrary Power to Exclude Students From School is the Focus of AODA Alliance Chair David Lepofsky‘s June Column in the Toronto Star’s Metroland Publications Across Ontario

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance   Yet More Proof that Too Many Students with Disabilities are Severely Underserved in Ontario Schools   May 23, 2025   SUMMARY   You would think that elected politicians … Continue reading Yet More Proof that Too Many Students with Disabilities are Severely Underserved in Ontario Schools

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance   More Media Attention on the Sweeping and Arbitrary Power of Ontario’s School Principals to Exclude Students from School   April 14, 2025   SUMMARY   Has an Ontario … Continue reading More Media Attention on the Sweeping and Arbitrary Power of Ontario’s School Principals to Exclude Students from School

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance   Ford Government Has Still Not Set Provincial Standards or Ensured Effective School Board’s Public Accountability Regarding School Isolation or Sensory Rooms Almost One Year After a Vulnerable High … Continue reading Ford Government Has Still Not Set Provincial Standards or Ensured Effective School Board’s Public Accountability Regarding School Isolation or Sensory Rooms Almost One Year After a Vulnerable High School Student with Disabilities Was Found Dead in One

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance   Toronto Star Reports on Why It’s Still So Hard for Parents of Students with Disabilities to Find Out What Supports, Services and Options are Available at School for … Continue reading Toronto Star Reports on Why It’s Still So Hard for Parents of Students with Disabilities to Find Out What Supports, Services and Options are Available at School for their Child

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance   AODA Alliance Chair David Lepofsky’s Latest Metroland Column: Students with Disabilities in Ontario’s Publicly Funded Schools Deserve Much Better   October 2, 2024   SUMMARY     In … Continue reading AODA Alliance Chair David Lepofsky’s Latest Metroland Column: Students with Disabilities in Ontario’s Publicly Funded Schools Deserve Much Better

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance   Tragic Death of Vulnerable Student with Disabilities in Trenton High School Last Month Triggers Intense Media Attention and an Emotional Queen’s Park News Conference   June 13, 2024 … Continue reading Tragic Death of Vulnerable Student with Disabilities in Trenton High School Last Month Triggers Intense Media Attention and an Emotional Queen’s Park News Conference

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities Website: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance   Vital Supports for Vulnerable Students with Disabilities Imperiled at Peel District School Board, But Parents Fight Back   February 12, 2024   SUMMARY   Here is a shocking … Continue reading Vital Supports for Vulnerable Students with Disabilities Imperiled at Peel District School Board, But Parents Fight Back

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities www.aodaalliance.org aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance   Ottawa Citizen Shines Public Spotlight on Sweeping Power of Every School Principal to Refuse to Admit a Student to School – Much-Needed Safeguards are Missing   December 13, 2023   … Continue reading Ottawa Citizen Shines Public Spotlight on Sweeping Power of Every School Principal to Refuse to Admit a Student to School – Much-Needed Safeguards are Missing

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Society for All People with Disabilities   Web: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance Facebook: www.facebook.com/aodaalliance/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aodaalliance   On YouTube, Watch AODA Alliance Chair David Lepofsky’s Latest Interview on TVO’s “The Agenda With Steve Paikin”, and Then Write Premier Ford, Education Minister Stephen … Continue reading On YouTube, Watch AODA Alliance Chair David Lepofsky’s Latest Interview on TVO’s “The Agenda With Steve Paikin”, and Then Write Premier Ford, Education Minister Stephen Lecce and Accessibility Minister Raymond Cho to Insist that They Take New Action to Tear Down Barriers in Schools Impeding Students with Disabilities

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance United for a Barrier-Free Society for All People with Disabilities   Web: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance Facebook: www.facebook.com/aodaalliance/   Twenty-Four Years After the Ontario Legislature Unanimously Called for Strong Provincial Legislation to Make Ontario Accessible, Students with Disabilities Still Face Unfair Disability Barriers   October 29, 2022 … Continue reading Twenty-Four Years After the Ontario Legislature Unanimously Called for Strong Provincial Legislation to Make Ontario Accessible, Students with Disabilities Still Face Unfair Disability Barriers

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Society for All People with Disabilities Web: www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance Facebook: www.facebook.com/aodaalliance/   CBC Reports on Troubling Disability Barrier at Canada’s Wonderland – and – Ford Government Extends Deadline to September 30, 2021 to Send in Public Feedback on Disability Barriers … Continue reading CBC Reports on Troubling Disability Barrier at Canada’s Wonderland – and – Ford Government Extends Deadline to September 30, 2021 to Send in Public Feedback on Disability Barriers in Ontario’s School system

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Society for All People with Disabilities www.aodaalliance.org  aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance     A Modest Interim Victory for Joint Efforts by the AODA Alliance and Ontario Autism Coalition — Ford Government Agrees to Consult on Practices of Schools Refusing to Admit some Students with … Continue reading A Modest Interim Victory for Joint Efforts by the AODA Alliance and Ontario Autism Coalition — Ford Government Agrees to Consult on Practices of Schools Refusing to Admit some Students with Disabilities to School for All or Part of The School Day