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What’s behind the shortage of workers who support people with disabilities
The nearly five million direct care workers who support older adults and people with disabilities are the largest workforce in the U.S. But despite high demand, many are paid little more than minimum wage. A longstanding workforce...
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How this new Toronto housing complex supports deafblind communities
A new housing complex is being built to specifically support people in deafblind communities. The Canadian Helen Keller Centre's apartment complex is equipped with services like intervenors who are able to assist deafblind individuals...
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How plastic straw ban negatively affects people with disabilities
The recent crackdown down on plastic straws may be good for the environment, but it's not doing the disabled any favors.
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Wheelchair users turned away from mammogram clinics
A Quebec disability advocacy group says people who use wheelchairs are getting turned away from mammograms clinics. The Regroupement des activistes pour l'inclusion au Québec says nearly half of 50 designated screening clinics it called...
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Mammograms often inaccessible for people in wheelchairs
A Quebec disability advocacy group says people who use wheelchairs are getting turned away from mammograms clinics. The Regroupement des activistes pour l'inclusion au Québec says nearly half of 50 designated screening clinics it called...
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Snowy sidewalks disproportionately impact people with disabilities
As Gareth Hampshire reports, the state of some sidewalks in Nova Scotia is preventing some people with disabilities from going.
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Air Canada apologizes for recent accessibility failures
After being called to meet with federal ministers in Ottawa, Air Canada's CEO is promising changes to how it treats people with disabilities. The apology comes after several high-profile incidents, including one involving a passenger who...
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Air Canada promising changes for passengers with disabilities
After being called to meet with federal ministers in Ottawa, Air Canada's CEO is promising changes to how it treats people with disabilities. The apology comes after several high-profile incidents, including one involving a passenger who...
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Woman with service dog says Uber drivers refused to pick her up
A Winnipeg woman who is blind says she was left waiting in the cold after not one, but two Uber drivers refused to give her a ride because of her service dog.
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Disability advocate explains why some people don't have a truly private ballot
David Lepofsky, the Chair of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance, says people who are blind or partly blind have never had the right to mark and independently verify their own ballot in federal elections.
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Pakistan's disabled: Artificial limbs to help hundreds walk again
A local charity is giving artificial limbs to more than a hundred people.
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This former Metrolinx worker says misuse of accessible parking was not agency’s priority
Two months after CBC Toronto reported on the misuse of GO Station parking spots reserved for people with disabilities, a former Metrolinx worker says protecting the spots was not a priority for the agency. CBC’s Talia Ricci has the details.
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Accessibility at voting centres needs to be prioritized, disability advocates say
More than a week after the city got hit with multiple snowfalls, some streets and sidewalks still pose problems for those with mobility issues. With the Ontario election on Thursday, disability advocates say ensuring accessibility to...
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‘I am stuck’: Torontonians with disabilities call for better accessibility in snow
As the city of Toronto cleans up after back-to-back snowstorms, people with disabilities say navigating the large snow piles has been nearly impossible, even forcing some of them to stay home. As CBC’s Naama Weingarten reports, they are...
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Disability advocates say accessible GO Train spots are misused daily
A Barrie woman says she's missed trains and almost been hit by vehicles at Allandale GO Station because people without permits are parking in accessible spots. She has brought the issue up to Metrolinx over the years, but it continues to...
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Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Government and Politics: Discrimination
In this episode, we wrap up our discussion of discrimination by looking more closely at those discrete and insular minorities referenced in the 14th Amendment. We'll talk about instances of discrimination of Asian, European, and Latino...