General Accessibility Resources

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• What Does Accessibility Mean?

• Making Your Non-Profit Accessible- Resources

• Accommodating Invisible Disabilities in the Workplace

• The 5 Barriers to Accessibility

• Government Resource: Making an Accessible Canada

• Interacting with People With Varying Disabilities

• The Canadian Abilities Foundation

 

Accessible Event and Program Planning

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• Find Accessible Events: Creative Users Projects

• Accessible Event + Meeting Planning

• Making Outdoor Events Accessible

• Accessible Customer Service

• What, Why, How: Making Your Event Accessible

• How to Make Theatre Accessible for All Audiences

• Planning Accessible Meetings

• 20 Tips for a More Accessible Event

• Accessible Event Planning (Resources, Tools, Templates)

• Government of Canada’s Enabling Accessibility Fund (Funding to cover accessibility-related event costs)

 

Accessible Communications

• Website Accessibility

• Testing Web Accessibility

• Making Information Accessible for Individuals with Dyslexia

• Resources for Creating Accessible Documents

• Accessible Digital Design

• 9 Simple Tips for Making Your Website Disability-Friendly

• How People with Disabilities Use the Web (Resources, Tools, Techniques)

 

AODA (Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act)

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• Accessibility Laws in Ontario

• Accessibility Rules for Businesses and Non-Profits

• AODA Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation (Video Series)

 

Deaf/ Hard of Hearing Community Resources

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• Deaf Spectrum

• SLIAO (Canada-wide. Sign Language Interpreting Experts)

• Deafblind Community Services

• Canadian Association of the Deaf

• Deafblind Ontario Services

• Working With Deaf Artists

 

Blind/ Vision Loss Community Resources

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• Canadian National Institute for the Blind

• Deafblind Community Services

• Deafblind Ontario Services

• Braille Literacy Canada

• Braille Services and Courses

• Centre for Equitable Library Access: Public Library Service for Canadians with Print Disabilities

• Canadian Council for the Blind Community Resource List

 

Accessibility Policy

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• How to Create an Accessibility Plan and Policy by the Government of Ontario

• HR Toolkit:  Developing an Accessible Workplace

• Accessibility Policy and Accessibility Plan- Who Needs One?

• Creating Accessibility Policies and Multi-Year Plans

• Hiring People with Disabilities: Recruiting with AODA Accessibility in Mind

• Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Policy Template

• Accessibility Company Policy Template

• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Policy Template