The Employers’ Partnership Table will be meeting for the next two years to come up with strategies to encourage businesses to hire more disabled staff. Continue reading →

Ontario residents with disabilities are seeing major changes to provincial programs offering financial support and medical coverage. Continue reading →

Many are calling for the current International Symbol of Access, a blue-and-white logo created over 40 years ago that features a person sitting back in a wheelchair, to be replaced with the Dynamic Symbol of Access. The newer design shows a person in a wheelchair leaning forward with an arm raised back. Continue reading →

A new campaign by Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital in Toronto, called “Dear Everybody,” aims to end stigma experienced by the estimated 400,000 Canadian children and youth with physical or cognitive disabilities and breaking down the barriers that lead to discrimination. Continue reading →

A mother from Havelock, Ont., posted a photo to her Facebook expressing the stress that comes with raising two boys with special needs. The photo gained a quick response from a friend who decided to create a GoFundMe page for the family. Niki Anastasakis reports. Continue reading →

A Toronto mother says they were “humiliated” after her son’s service dog was denied entry to not one, but two restaurants in a row. She describes restaurant staff trying to push them out the door. Continue reading →

Public consultations on Canada’s first national law for disabled people have identified high unemployment rates, inaccessible buildings and barriers in transportation as some of the key issues that need to be addressed. Continue reading →