During a week dedicated to promoting accessibility and celebrating the contributions of people with disabilities in Canada, advocates say Ontario needs to do more on the issue.
David Lepofsky, chair of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance, says the province is falling behind on its goal of making Ontario fully accessible by 2025.
"We are way behind schedule and the Ford government does not have a plan to get us to that goal by 2025," Lepofsky said. "We will continue to review the AODA regularly and consider new accessibility standards or amend existing ones to improve the lives of Ontarians beyond 2025," Wallace Pidgeon said in an emailed statement.
They also take employers through what a day on the job for a visually impaired person might look like and identify any physical accessibility barriers the person might encounter so that a business can proactively accommodate them.
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