Wheelchair Users Have a Right to Pee

It's time to express myself. I am so frustrated  at finding it's becoming more and more difficult to get   into the accessible  wash...

A Weighty Issue: Power Wheelchairs vs Ramp and Lift Restrictions

I found a major flaw in the new Integrated Accessibility Act Regulations.  It doesn't specify load capacity on ramps or lifting devices ...

The AODA and the Lack of Enforcement

In, " Ontario must enforce equality rules for disabled: Editorial " the article states that the government is not enforcing the AO...

Questions to my MPP - June 2006

No response was ever received. The office worker tried to resolve a few issues, but in the end, was not successful. I had to do without and...

Why Increase Infrastructure When There is Nowhere to Go?

I just finished reading through all the accessibility reports for the City of Kingston, from 2003 to the present and, as I did so, I tried t...

Emotional Abuse of Workers vs. Those Who are Disabled

The sad part about disability and/or the poverty story is that there are often times when we were led into the poverty trap due to circumsta...

Volunteer Job Denied Because of Wheelchair

I am frustrated. I applied for a volunteer job; one I felt I would be perfect for, and I was rejected because of the wheelchair. The person...

Disabled Not Responsible for Distance to Polls

I am writing to express my complete and utter dismay at the excuse being given to explain why the polls for the Cataraqui District were loca...

Below the Line –Transcript of Louise’s Poverty Story for CFRC Radio

Hello my name is Louise and I’m here to share my poverty story. I'm doing this as part of the Queen’s University Symposium on Poverty t...

What are They Thinking? This is for Real

Please tell me how placing a shield over the power door opener button will help the who have limited hand and finger dexterity? Taken at t...

Pie-Chart Showing ODSP Income Expenditures

Income from ODSP: $863.00 Graph shows cost of living when taking specialized transit. The following graphs show how the cost of living swal...

Rules - Do They Respect the Elderly?

I live in a building that is joined to a nursing home, but it is owned by a separate property owner. The building is nice and bright. It is ...

Employment Supports - Not Helpful

Another lesson learned. This is meant as an education piece to illustrate the lack of understanding by the able-bodied. I just discovered th...