ODA Committee Update
November 7, 2002

ONTARIANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT COMMITTEE UPDATE Ontario Human Rights Commission Extends Deadline for You to Make Written Submission on Barriers to Education Facing Ontarians with Disabilities November 7, 2002 SUMMARY The Ontario Human Rights Commission has extended its deadline to November 30, 2002 for you to send in written submissions on barriers facing persons with disabilities in Ontario in education. Take this opportunity to give them your input. MORE DETAILS This past summer, the Ontario Human Rights Commission announced that it was holding a public consultation on barriers facing persons with disabilities in Ontario in education. It released a discussion paper and called for one and all to send in submissions. These submissions were due early in October, but the Commission has just extended its deadline to November 30, 2002. We encourage you, whether you are an individual or part of an organization, to send in a submission. You might wish to: * talk about barriers to education that you or others near you face, whether you are thinking about education for children or training for adults. * Urge the Commission to recommend that the Ontario Government set standards for barrier-free education; * Urge the Commission to start developing such standards. * Encourage the Commission to adopt the positions taken and recommendations made in the ODA Committee's brief which it submitted to the Commission's consultation. We previously emailed out that brief. It is posted on the ODA Committee web site at: http://www.odacommittee.net/news56.html * Urge that the Ontario Government's new funding formula for education which has not yet been established must be designed to ensure that children with disabilities have their needs met, and to ensure that our education system operates in a barrier-free way. You can view the Commission's discussion paper on this topic on its website at: http://www.ohrc.on.ca The Commission has stated: "Submissions can be mailed, faxed or e-mailed to the OHRC, at the following address: Ontario Human Rights Commission Education Consultation Policy and Education Branch 180 Dundas Street West, 8th Floor Toronto, Ontario M7A 2R9 Fax: (416) 314-4533 Should you have any questions about the consultation process, you may contact the OHRC by telephone at (416) 314-4507, or 1-800-387-9000, or by TTY at (416) 314-6526 or 1-800-308-5561."

 

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