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Access to Immigrant Settlement Services for People with Disabilities
OCASI-ERDCO – Welcoming and Inclusive Communities Accessibility Project
Defining disability
Experience of Being a Newcomer with a Disability
The Law and People with Disabilities
Developing an Accessibility Plan
Outline
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What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word disability?
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What do you know about people with disabilities?
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What do you know about newcomers with disabilities?
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Solutions to the “Problem” of Disability
Medical Model
Cure Rehabilitate Prevent Treat Decisions made by
experts
Social Model
Universal design Accommodating
environments Eliminating barriers Including voice and
experiences of people with disabilities
Promoting valued roles Changing society
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DISABILITY !7
Definition of Disability… (Continued)
Impairment and/or Illness
Exclusionary environments
and/or attitudes
What are some of the barriers newcomers with disabilities experience in
Canada?
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Labour market exclusion.
Increased vulnerability to domestic and other forms of abuse.
Social and economic dependence on family.
Negative attitudes towards disability in their own and mainstream cultures.
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Barriers for Newcomers with Disabilities
Lack of culturally and linguistically appropriate health, social, and educational services. Service providers lack sensitivity when delivering services.
Lack of knowledge of how to navigate all areas of community life and may not feel it is appropriate to question professionals or educators.
Barriers to learning English or French.
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Barriers for Newcomers with Disabilities
Lack of affordable and accessible housing.
Gap between immigrant settlement services and disability specific services.
Newcomers have decreased access to disability income and other supports.
Discriminatory immigration policies for people with disabilities.
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Barriers for Newcomers with Disabilities
Broader Societyimmigration policies disability supports
Communitybarriers to services/supports
lack of accessible/affordable
housing
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Summary
Individual
Can’t find a job or go to school
Perception of disability
“Disability” results from the interaction between persons with impairments, conditions or illnesses and the environmental and attitudinal barriers that hinders full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others.
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Definition of Disability
Any degree of physical disability, infirmity, malformation or disfigurement
A condition of mental impairment or a developmental disability
A learning disability or a dysfunction in one or more of the processes involved in understanding or using symbols or spoken language
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Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities (AODA) – Definition of
Disability
A mental disorder
An injury or disability for which benefits were claimed or received under the insurance plan
Established under the Workplace Safety & Insurance Act, 1997
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Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities (AODA) – Definition of
Disability…(Continued)
...the person has or has had, or is believed to have or have had: Any degree of physical disability A condition of mental impairment or a
developmental disability A learning disability A mental disorder An injury or disability for which benefits were
claimed or received under the insurance plan established under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997
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Ontario Human Rights Code – Definition of Disability
Section 15(1) recognizes that every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age, or mental or physical disability.
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The Charter of Rights and Freedom
States that physical and mental disability are prohibited grounds of discrimination.
The law includes the “Duty to Accommodate ".
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The Canadian Human Rights Act
Employers and unions in Canada are required to make every reasonable effort, short of undue hardship, to accommodate an employee who comes under a protected ground of discrimination within human rights legislation.
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Duty to Accommodate
1. Customer service2. Employment3. Information and communications4. Transportation
5. Built Environment(in development)
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Accessibility Standards
Type of Barriers ExamplesAttitudinal Talking to a person with an
intellectual disability like a child
Information & Communication Print is too small for people with low vision.Reading level is too high or grammar too complex
Technology Computers in a computer training class for newcomers do not have accessible software, like screen readers or pointing devices
Organizational Agency doesn’t hire people with disabilities from ethno-cultural communities as settlement workers
Architectural & physical No elevator or accessible washrooms
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Types of Barriers
CHALLENGES RESULT
Challenges at Work…(Continued)
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TASK BARRIERS BEING ADDRESSED
ACTIVITIES PERSONS INVOLVED
TIMELINE
Establish policies, practices and procedures
Create a welcoming environment
Do outreach - how you promote your service
Partner and network
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Accessibility Plan