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Disability Community News: Update on CCDS VisitAbility Project

CCD is pleased to share information about the VisitAbility Project, being conducted by the Canadian Centre on Disability Studies. Jim Derksen has been representing CCD on this project.

Project Title: Collaborative Knowledge Building and Action for VisitAble Housing in Canadian Cities

Funder: Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program — Disability Component

Organization: Canadian Centre on Disability Studies (CCDS)

CCD Voice of Our Own - Fall 2014

On the CCD Agenda

CCD's Top 10 Actions This Quarter

Making Poverty a Human Rights issue for People with Disabilities

Yvonne Peters and Debra Parkes*
November 4, 2014

An Overview of Progress and Barriers in Federally Regulated Transportation

by
Pat Danforth, CCD Transportation Committee Chairperson

Working for an inclusive and accessible Canada.

Progress is slow when it comes to accessibility in transportation in Canada. I would like to highlight a couple of successes that are emerging.

First, to be truly inclusive we need to be more user friendly for folks with sensory disabilities. That’s why Air Canada’s recent announcement gives CCD some hope.

CCD Voice of Our Own - Summer 2014

On the CCD Agenda
A Doctor's Note for Home Mail Delivery

Accessible Postal Service Is Our Goal

20 October 2014

For Immediate Release

An accessible and inclusive Canada is the goal of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD); accessible postal service is an integral component of a barrier-free Canada.

"Canadians Should not be Provided Public Support to Kill Themselves"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Toronto and Winnipeg: October 14, 2014

“Living with a disability is not worse than death. People who are misled into believing it will be should not be offered public support to kill themselves”, say two leading disability rights organizations who oppose attempts to strike down statutory provisions designed to prevent counselling or assisting anyone, disabled or not, to die.