accessibilitynews.ca
2010
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Use this form to Search for Articles from 2010 to November 2010or browse by year:. Table of Contents 2010. Date posted to site: January 30, 2010. There is a lot of good advice for the discerning web developer to find on the web on how to make a website accessible, unfortunately there is also plenty of bad or outdated advice out there as well. Here are a few of the myths of accessibility that you may hear. Http:/ www.badeyes.com/? Date posted to site: January 29, 2010. Date posted to site: January 28, 2010.
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Transit: Customer Service Severely Lacking on Via Rail
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Tuesday, December 3, 2013. Customer Service Severely Lacking on Via Rail. This is sadly, another bad news Via Rail story. How can we stop these nightmares from happening? A passenger got on the train wearing strong scent and sat in the seat facing me. She crossed her legs so they were in my way. I was not happy because my movement disorder caused my legs to keep bumping hers. I asked her to move her legs a bit and she wouldn't. Who is he to judge? Besides, I didn't have my CPAP Machine (for sleep apnea),...
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Transit: August 2012
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Monday, August 27, 2012. Bus Safety and Wheelchair Lifts. Here is an example of why laws not only need to exist, but must be ENFORCED, by our government. The driver dropped the controls, ran, jumped into the bus, and jammed on the brakes. Her daughter was then assigned the task of sitting in the driver’s seat and jamming her foot down firmly on the brake while her mother came back and continued raising the lift to get me inside. My life is in the hands of these incompetents. It's scary as hell. A person ...
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Transit: Via Rail, a not so "Human Way to Travel" (if one is disabled)
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Sunday, December 1, 2013. Via Rail, a not so "Human Way to Travel" (if one is disabled). Via Rail has been doing complete renovations of their LRC trains. Yesterday, I had the occasion to view one. They're nice and spacious for most people and they look more modern. However, they fail in the dignity part, when it comes to tying down a wheelchair in the accessible spot reserved for them. When you think about the fact Via Rail's slogan is, "A More Human Way to Travel" one has to wonder what they're thinking.
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Transit: August 2015
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Thursday, August 13, 2015. Wheel-Trans Did NOT Accommodate Disabled Passengers During the PanAm/ParaPan Am Games. A good news update – added on September 15, 2015. Today I got a surprise call from Mr. Dean Milton, Manager at Wheel-Trans. He caught wind of my Blogs and decided he could respond to them. The Blog that I think he read was the one written on my. Other Blog page (. Wheel-Trans Did Not Accommodate the Disabled. Trans stop never got installed either. In other words, the principle was great &...
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Transit: July 2012
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Monday, July 23, 2012. We Demand the Right to Pee. I am a wheelchair user who, for years, has taken the train to Toronto to visit, be a tourist, etc. I used to always get GREAT customer service from the employees on the train and in Union Station. Now Union Station has been sold to the City of Toronto and the Wheelchair Accessible washrooms, I once was able to use, are gone. Ramp to Departures level of Via Rail. Click for credit to image source. Ramp at bottom of Via Rail to GO Concourse level. Why on ea...
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Transit: January 2013
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Friday, January 25, 2013. Transportation Impossibility in Toronto. On January 24th 2013 I was in Toronto and I took Wheel-Trans to appointment in North York. I couldn't get a Wheel-Trans back downtown after the appointment was over though. For this reason I phoned around to a few taxi companies and pre-booked a ride with Beck Taxi. What I got was a non-accessible. I phoned Beck taxi back and asked what happened. They didn't know, but they were eventually able to send an accessible taxi. After I got in it...
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Transit: August 2013
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Saturday, August 3, 2013. Brief sit-in at Via Rail. I staged a sit-in on the train tonight (Aug. 2nd). I refused to get off because once again, Via Rail failed to accommodate my disability. Let me explain. The train I was on from Toronto tonight went in on track 2 at the Kingston Station. That's the side where there's no washroom and no working lift to take a person who uses a powered mobility device down through the tunnel and back up to the other side, the main side. The new arrangement that was made a...
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Transit: Bus Safety and Wheelchair Lifts
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Monday, August 27, 2012. Bus Safety and Wheelchair Lifts. Here is an example of why laws not only need to exist, but must be ENFORCED, by our government. The driver dropped the controls, ran, jumped into the bus, and jammed on the brakes. Her daughter was then assigned the task of sitting in the driver’s seat and jamming her foot down firmly on the brake while her mother came back and continued raising the lift to get me inside. My life is in the hands of these incompetents. It's scary as hell. Fitted in...
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Transit: We Demand the Right to Pee
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Monday, July 23, 2012. We Demand the Right to Pee. I am a wheelchair user who, for years, has taken the train to Toronto to visit, be a tourist, etc. I used to always get GREAT customer service from the employees on the train and in Union Station. Now Union Station has been sold to the City of Toronto and the Wheelchair Accessible washrooms, I once was able to use, are gone. Ramp to Departures level of Via Rail. Click for credit to image source. Ramp at bottom of Via Rail to GO Concourse level. Why on ea...
