Listen to the 3rd Episode of “Disability Rights and Wrongs – The David Lepodcast” to Learn About the Amazing Grassroots Campaign in Ontario by Parents of Children with Autism

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update

United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities

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Listen to the Third Episode of “Disability Rights and Wrongs – The David Lepodcast” to Learn About the Amazing Grassroots Campaign in Ontario by Parents of Children with Autism

 

November 7, 2025

 

SUMMARY

 

Over the past two decades, an amazing grassroots Ontario-based advocacy campaign by parents of children and youth with autism has grown and expanded. We have so much to learn from this movement. They are known as the Ontario Autism Coalition

 

Its activists knew little or nothing about how to advocate for disability rights when they began. They have grown to be among the most formidable social justice movements in Ontario.

 

Their story is the focus of the third episode of the new podcast hosted by AODA Alliance Chair David Lepofsky, which is entitled: “Disability Rights and Wrongs – the David Lepodcast!” The guest is Bruce McIntosh, one of the Ontario Autism Coalition‘s original founders. The Ontario Autism Coalition has collaborated on several issues of importance to students with disabilities.

 

This podcast series aims to provide practical tips on how to advocate on disability issues, even for those with no experience doing this.

 

Sign up for this podcast wherever you get your podcasts, or download it directly from various podcast platforms such as Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music and iHeart. In addition to this new episode, check out the first episode which addresses David Lepofsky’s 12-year battle to get the Toronto Transit Commission to audibly announce subway, bus and streetcar stops, and the second episode in which built environment accessibility whiz Thea Kurdi talks about battling against the many disability barriers in the built environment.

 

Accessible Media’s (AMI) website has a great introduction to getting podcasts for those unfamiliar with this good way to receive information.

 

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“Play podcast ‘Disability Rights, and Wrongs!’”

 

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