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The Canadian Press Published Sunday, October 15, 2017 10:29AM EDT Last Updated Sunday, October 15, 2017 10:30AM EDT TORONTO — The federal minister responsible for crafting Canada’s first national accessibility legislation says the law should be ready by next spring and should benefit not only people with disabilities, but their caregivers. Kent Hehr says the […]

A new study delves into the neurological changes in people with blindness. It demonstrates that losing one’s sight before the age of 3 causes long-term alterations and subsequent enhancements to the other senses. It has long been theorized that individuals who lose one of their senses, or who have it significantly reduced, “make up” for

The Business Case for Pursuing Accessible Digital Media PROVIDENCE, RI–(Marketwired – March 09, 2016) – Enforcement of the digital accessibility regulations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has been steadily increasing over the years, but there are factors aside from the legal obligations that help make a strong business case as to why attaining

This is the age of technology and the world has changed a lot since I was born. My father (Robert Newsom) was a technologist for AT&T before most people had even heard of computers. He managed a computer that was the size of two city blocks in Jacksonville, Florida. From time to time, my brother

Thousands of Ontario businesses have missed deadlines aimed at making the province accessible by 2025, but the government isn’t using all its resources to crack down on them. Some 65 per cent of businesses with at least 20 employees did not file mandatory accessibility reports due in 2012, provincial documents disclosed to a disability advocacy

That’s just the reality she has come to face in the past seven years since a stroke left her partially paralyzed and legally blind. It’s slow and steady. Colbourne came from her room, clearly freshened up and happy with her attire, with quad cane in hand. Her mind cleary sharp, she apologized for the wait