Other Resources
Government of Ontario Accessibility Links
Accessibility Directorate of Ontario (ADO)
The Government of Ontario’s accessibility website includes information on the AODA, tools to support compliance, videos, and tips: The Accessibility Directorate of Ontario (aoda.ca)
Charting a Path Forward: Report of the Independent Review of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)
The first independent review of the AODA written by Charles Beer and published February 2010.
The second independent review of the AODA was written by Mayo Moran and published November 2014.
The third independent review of the AODA was written by David Onley and published January 2019.
Accessibility-Focused Organizations and Resources
Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB)
A registered charity, CNIB, provides community-based support, knowledge, and a national voice to Canadians who are blind or partially sighted, to ensure they have the confidence, skills, and opportunities to fully participate in life. The website includes resources, research, and services related to blindness: www.cnib.ca
Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind (CGDB)
Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind (CGDB) is a national, non-profit, charitable organization founded in 1984 to provide Canadians with greater mobility and independence through the use of professionally trained guide dogs (nationally) and mobility assistance dogs (Ottawa area): www.guidedogs.ca
Canadian Hearing Society
The leading provider of services, products, and information that removes barriers to communication, advances hearing health, and promotes equity for people who are culturally deaf, oral deaf, deafened, and hard of hearing. The website includes information on the various services offered: www.chs.ca
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
Canada’s largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital, as well as one of the world’s leading research centres in the area of addiction and mental health. This website includes research and resources related to mental health: www.camh.ca
The Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario (LDAO)
The Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario (LDAO) is a registered charity dedicated to improving the lives of children, youth, and adults with learning disabilities. LDAO offers many resources, services, information, venues, and products designed to help people with learning disabilities and ADHD, as well as parents, teachers, and other professionals: www.ldao.ca
Ontario Association on Developmental Disabilities (OADD)
OADD is a professional organization of people working and studying in the field of developmental disabilities, throughout Ontario. OADD’s members include agencies and organizations; university and community college students and instructors; service provider direct care staff and managers; family support workers; case managers; psychologists; social workers; and other dedicated individuals: www.oadd.org
Ontario Association of Sign Language Interpreters
A comprehensive website about sign language interpreters, as well as a directory of all registered American Sign Language Interpreters: www.oasli.on.ca
Canadian Hearing Services
CHS Interpreting Services (formerly known as Ontario Interpreting Services) has been a provider of quality interpreting services since 1981: CHS Interpreting Services | Canadian Hearing Services
Rick Hansen Foundation
The Rick Hansen Foundation was established in 1988 and has since been dedicated to Rick Hansen’s life-long goal of creating an inclusive world where people with disabilities are living to their full potential: http://www.rickhansen.com/
Transition Resource Guide for Students with Disabilities
This guide, created by the Regional Assessment and Resource Centre (RARC), is a way for students with disabilities to arm themselves with knowledge they need to access resources at college and university and to make a successful transition from secondary to post-secondary school: http://www.transitionresourceguide.ca/