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Weekly Email Digest for Information Sharing Purposes June 5 - June 9, 2023
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U.S. Access Board Webinar: Accessible Transient Lodging
Finally, they are released but why should you bother about the WHO, International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics, and International Society of Wheelchair Providers game-changing Guidelines!
Accessible Toilet Rooms
COSP 16
Weekly Email Digest for Information Sharing Purposes May 15 - May 19, 2023
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Recruitment campaign for the Chair and Members of the Board of directors of Accessibility Standards Canada – Governor in Council Appointments
U.S. Access Board Celebrates Global Accessibility Awareness Day
Apple previews new accessibility features, including AI-generated voice clone – Six Colors
Alberta Election
Update from Ian Young
Weekly Email Digest for Information Sharing Purposes May 8 to May 12 2023
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U.S. Access Board Webinar: Accessible Toilet Rooms (June 1)
Click on the following link to access the information online: Accessible Toilet Rooms (accessibilityonline.org)
Accessible Exterior Routes and Surfaces Webinar Available in Archives
Weekly Email Digest for Information Sharing Purposes April 24 - April 28, 2023
News from the disability community.
Seasonal Greetings
To Council Members, Friends and Allies of CCD:
“I want to congratulate and thank all of you, for your time, commitment, respect and compassion this past year. Your tremendous work with people in our respected communities and your willingness to stretch to also give time to the collective work of CCD, is much appreciated by all of us. As a volunteer organization heading into its 47th year, we collectively have been the home for many for nearly 5 decades.
DISABILITY COMMUNITY-INFORMED REGULATION AND IMPLEMNTATION OF THE CANADA DISABILITY BENEFIT
Submission by Council of Canadians with Disabilities to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (HUMA)
14 November 2022
Sad News: Passing of Jim Derksen
It is with sadness that we report that long time CCD volunteer Jim Derksen has passed away.
Jim was a truly visionary leader, helping our organization meet challenges in a principled manner consistent with our human rights philosophy. Jim was a Chairperson of CCD, when it was called the Coalition of Provincial Organizations of the Handicapped (COPOH). He was also a National Coordinator of the organization.
Supreme Court of Canada Rules Charter Challenge to Forced Psychiatric Treatment Laws Can Continue
June 23, 2022, (Vancouver, BC)
Canadian Civil Society Supports Dr. Laverne Jacobs for the UN Committee on the Rights of People with Disabilities
June 13, 2022 | For Immediate Release
Dear Delegates of the 15th Conference of State Parties to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,
