Publisher: Essential Accessibility
Topics: Supported Employment Practice-Inclusive Employment, Supported Employment Practice-Best Practices, Workplace Solutions-Accessibility & Universal Design, Workplace Solutions-Accommodations, Workplace Solutions-Jobseeker and Employee Engagement, Workplace Solutions-Disability Specific Workplace Inclusion
Year published: 2020
Type of resource: Published

More than 6 million Canadians over the age of 15 have one or more disabilities of some kind, whether it’s related to hearing, vision, mobility, memory or something else. That’s one in five (22%) of the country’s population, according to Statistics Canada. For these individuals, being able to participate in society on par with their fellow citizens – shop in the same places, learn at the same schools, read the same online information – is a fundamental right. Accessibility laws are written to protect and enforce those rights.

Access the resource here: An Overview of Canada’s Accessibility Laws: A Look at the Old and the New