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Council of Canadians with Disabilities
CCD is a national human rights organization of people with disabilities working for an inclusive and accessible Canada. CCD seeks to achieve change through law reform, litigation, public education and dialogue with key decision-makers.
Social Policy
Information and communication technology (ICT) reflects the assumptions that designers and sellers have about who will use their products. If designers operate from an able-ist worldview, then ICT will include barriers that prevent people with disabilities from fully enjoying all that technology has to offer. If, on the other hand, designers follow a universal design approach, then people with a broad range of functional abilities will be able to use ICT, because universal design screens out barriers.
April 2012
Independent Living
On Nov. 2, at the End Exclusion 2011 event in Ottawa, the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) launched the book Celebrating Our Accomplishments, featuring personal reflections from 61 leaders in the disability rights movement. As the Hon. Diane Finley stated in the Foreword, “Significant progress has been made in Canada over the past 30 years for those with disabilities. And it has been a collective effort by individuals, business, government and organizations like CCD.”
January 2012
Accessibility
The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics/Paralympics provided a wake-up call when people with disabilities contacted the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) about the inaccessibility of CTV’s coverage of this elite athletic event. The lack of closed captioning was a barrier for Deaf people, and the streaming video player could only be operated by a mouse, which made it inaccessible to people who use screen readers. October 2011
Human Rights
July 2011
Social Policy
While trumpeting the values of diversity, Canada’s current immigration practices exclude immigrants with disabilities who are deemed likely to place an “excessive demand” on health and social services. The ethics of these practices are challenged by Dr. Roy Hanes, Associate Professor of Social Work at Carleton University and a member of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) Social Policy Committee, in a paper titled “None is Still Too Many: An Historical Exploration of Canadian Immigration Legislation As It Pertains to People with Disabilities.” March 2011
Social Policy
December 2010
Organizations
Understanding the Poverty and Exclusion of Canadians with Disabilities. New knowledge is emerging from the Council of Canadians with Disabilities’ (CCD) research project—Disabling Poverty/Enabling Citizenship. This initiative is a unique collaboration between disability groups and academic researchers.
September 2010
Human Rights
People with disabilities want to exercise their fundamental right to vote. The Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD), a human rights organization of people with disabilities working for an accessible and inclusive Canada, has a long history of promoting access to the electoral process. Most recently, CCD assisted Rev. Peter Hughes’ efforts to improve access for voters with disabilities.
May 2010
Organizations
On December 3, 2009, Canadians with disabilities celebrated the tabling of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in the House of Commons. Shortly, the UN secretary-general will receive Canada’s documents and ratification will be finalized. This international human rights treaty upholds: - the equal protection and equal benefit before the law for all people, - the inherent dignity and independence of all persons with disabilities and - the participation of people with disabilities in decision-making affecting them.
March 2010
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August 2009
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September 2007
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June 2007
Family Life
In simple terms, the SOGC is apparently recommending that all pregnant women in Canada, regardless of their age, be screened for the presence of a fetus with certain genetic conditions (e.g., Down syndrome) or spina bifida. The screening test would identify those fetuses with an increased risk of having one of these conditions, in which case the woman would need to decide whether or not to pursue further diagnostic procedures (e.g., amniocentesis). The guidelines are couched in the language of providing more information and thus more choice for women. And providing more information and more choices makes for an improved health care system, right? Unfortunately, the answer is not quite that simple.
April 2007
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