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• Increase awareness around snow removal for folks with disabilities • Make new and old HRM buildings and infrastructure Rick Hansen Gold certified, which means curb cuts, entrances exits, washrooms and more • Develop a system to audit existing HRM infrastructure for accessibility • Make sure every sign in HRM is accessible for folks with disabilities • Train more front-facing HRM staff how to serve people with disabilities to increase the number...

caora McKenna Halifax Regional Council is finally doing something concrete about the dismal situation for folks who use mobility devices and want a little spontaneity in their lives. This week it voted to include the procurement of an on-demand accessible transportation service in this year’s upcoming budget.  The plan is to subsidize a fleet of accessible taxis so that those who need...

Disability advocates call for easier access to life-changing technology Tammy Martin has spent more than a decade helping young students with special needs learn to read — a skill that she, too, would struggle with if not for a state-of-the-art device that allows her to clearly see the words on the page. The educational assistant from Truro, N.S., is one of the many Canadians with a disability requiring the use of life-changing, but often prohibitively priced, assistive technology that a...