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If you feel like you don't know what you don't know about accessibility, it can help to follow folks who discuss assistive technology, accessibility and disability. Here's a Bluesky list of people who post a lot about those topics. bsky.app/profile/a11y...
“Ford said you wouldn’t need credit card for healthcare! That’s BULL! He underfunds system then pays extra to privateers. Ford takes from public to profit pals: Ontario Place, Science Centre, surgeries! It’s sickening!” #cdnpoli
Thank you ❤️
@cbcnews-rss.bsky.social new disability rights article includes my feedback about how building code and accessibility legislation yet again failed to deliver equity, dignity or even a usable path this Ontario municipality's building. Read the article at: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #HumanRights
Pierre is in the group uninterested in making these relationships. Like Trump he wants to break democracy.
Thought you might find this interesting scgpdxsf.bsky.social
Are you attending the 2025 Disability Inclusive Pathways Conference July 15 and 16? I've been invited to be 1 of the panelists for the ‘Making our environments work for kaimahi and customers alike’ session. Learn more and register at www.dipc.nz #Accessibility #conference #Disability #business
Looking forward to giving the presentation I've been invited to give today to the @accessiblehousgnet.bsky.social about how smart green design also makes buildings and #housing accessible. There's nothing more #sustainable than #accessibility - demographics, durability, affordability, health, etc.
The hashtag #accessibility allows you to find lots of accessibility-related resources on Bluesky, LinkedIn, and other platforms that use hashtags. To find accessibility resources in Spanish, use the hashtag #accesibilidad. The hashtag #accessibilité helps you find resources in French.
Have you seen the Getting to Work: Accessible Employment in Canada Report from the Chief #Accessibility Officer, 2024? Get your copy or read it online at: www.canada.ca/en/employmen... That's me at the top of page 7. Important recommendations (see page 50 of the report) @mark-carney.bsky.social
#TeachableMoment Historic old town in Spain offers solution to overcome the old step up from the street outside problem with a gentle slope ramp inside the entry door. Such an elegant solution. It can be done! ¡Olé! #AccessibleCanada #ADA #DDR #EAA #CRPD #disability #accessibility #BillionStrong
Here's something everybody should be paying attention to: Congressional Republicans are trying to weaken the Affordable Care Act and put millions of people at risk of losing their health care. Call your Senators and tell them we can't let that happen.
#Pride isn’t just a party. It’s a powerful, joyful act of resistance and community. Happy Pride Month!🌈 #Pride2025
Including disabled Canadians and tourists. We urgently need you to fix the oversight of the missing Minister of Disabled Persons. We need to ensure all the new building happening doesn’t make all the same discriminatory mistakes of the past. #AccessibleCanada
Do you have a quick accessible building design question you need answered? Excited to announce this new service from Level Playing Field is now available! Learn more at: www.linkedin.com/posts/darby-... #NAAW2025 #NAAW #AccessibleCanada #ADA #AODA #architecture #InteriorDesign #UrbanPlanning
@mark-carney.bsky.social please ensure your mandates are aligned with the 40 year old changes to the Canadian Charter and Human Rights Code which recognize disabled Canadians as equal citizens. We need a Minister to sheppard the #AccessibleCanada Act, the #DisabilityBenefit, and changes to education
National AccessAbility Awareness Week Accessibility is the evolution of architecture, policy, legislation, business, and all design. It's time we evolve and right size and right cost. Prime Minister #MarkCarney bring down these barriers! Invest in justice. #NAAW2025 #NAAW #disability #inclusion
Quote from John Pavlovitz posted on social media, "Saying your anti-woke is a whole lot quicker than saying you're a selfish and fearful human being who is terrified of diversity, hostile to progress, and wants no one else to have the rights, representation, love or opportunity you have. #woke #DEI
This is why Canadians will NEVER buy American dairy products. #cdnpoli Butter Recalled in 7 States Over Possible Fecal Contamination. www.newsweek.com/butter-recal...
By not appointing a Minister for Disabled Persons you are proving the late Hon. David Onley's point at how systemic ableism is in government. We need a Minister to sheppard the #AccessibleCanada Act which is 5 years old and still mostly languishing. Be the PM for all Canadians including us disabled
Please add the Minister of Disabled Persons to ensure the #AccessibleCanada Act and the equity we've been waiting for as promised 40 years ago under the Canadian Charter & Human Rights laws require. Don’t let ableism & bias win. 100% of Canadians are born with and get disabilities. You can fix this
I have my 1st poll question on my YouTube channel! Target audience: those creating buildings & built environment designs. Help by answering & sharing at: youtube.com/post/UgkxOCS... #AccessibleCanada #accessibility #UniversalDesign #architecture #InteriorDesign #Landscape #UrbanPlanning #education
Pope Leo meets Opus Dei boss in a private audience to get an "update" on its reforms You might recall Opus Dei cancelled a vote on its reforms hours after Francis passed away Leo "listened with great interest to the explanations given" - I bet he did! opusdei.org/es/article/a...
If guilty people don't have Due Process rights, then innocent people don't have Due Process rights, because we don't know if they're innocent or guilty until we have a trial or hearing.
Perfect!
Did you know the “weekend” and working only 8 hours per day used to be considered a radical, liberal idea? 139 years ago today, in Bay View, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 7 workers (including a 13 yo) lost their lives to advance this revolutionary idea. A 🧵
Duckworth on if she's open to voting to confirm Mike Waltz: "I think everybody on that Signal chain needs to be fired ... he's failing up ... I'm not open to voting for him, no, because he's already demonstrated he's incapable of doing the most basic thing, which is handling classified information."
Trump’s new budget proposal would slash funding for national parks, monuments, historic sites, seashores, and trails by nearly 25%, cutting more than $1.2 billion from the $4.8 billion Park Service budget.
RFK Jr. is dangerous.
A gift to the NRA.
"Indigenous women and girls make up less than 5% of the Canadian population but represent approximately 24% of all homicide victims. They are 12x more likely to be murdered. Over 60% of Indigenous women experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime." #mmiw #mmiwg2s
May 5th is Red Dress Day in Canada This day is for "honoring and raising awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit people. It began with the REDress Project, created by Métis artist Jaime Black in 2010." #mmiw #mmiwg2s
So where are the Golden Globes going to be held this year as US is clearly not suitable anymore
This image was trending across Canada the day after the election capturing how the majority of Canadians feel about what Trump’s doing to the USA, the rediculous tarrifs, and threatening to invade Canada. #Never51 #ElbowsUp #StopTheCoup
Ontario friends, here is a list of measles exposures in Ontario by Public Health Ontario. www.publichealthontario.ca/en/Diseases-...
Hi, I’m God. All Trump supporters go to Hell. All of them. Hope this helps.
ICE has begun raiding the homes of American citizens. A widely shared story out of Oklahoma describes a disturbing incident where a woman and her children were dragged into their yard half-naked. Reports are mounting across multiple states of agents targeting the wrong properties.
96 people, including women who changed their names after marriage, were turned away from voting in New Hampshire under a new state law. One voter had to make 3 trips to cast a ballot. It's voter suppression – and the SAVE Act (in the U.S. Senate) would export this nationwide.
Walz: You have a situation where the Secretary of Health basically said it and was speaking with the language of eugenics, that some people just don't matter. People like Deanna's son or my son or those of you listening tonight. So look, this is a fight we must win.
The National Post in Canada is the National Enquirer of the U.S.
PM Mark Carney 🇨🇦 "Let's make climate change central to every financial decision and build the net-zero future our planet needs." #cdnpoli
Thanks to Trump Canada united enough during this election to keep Carney the Prime Minister effectively making this true
The Canadian election yesterday putting the Liberal Party with the most seats today making Mark Carney again out Prime Minister was only made sweeter finding this on social media today
It's a great day in Canada, mad greater because I found this floating around on social media
@profgalloway.com found this online making it's rounds today
PP did indeed lise his seat. Even better the Liberal who won it, his last name is Fanjoy, which might be sweetest of all. 😊
His full last name is actually Fanjoy, which might be sweetest of all. 😊
His full last name is actually Fanjoy, which might be sweetest of all. 😊
His full last name is actually Fanjoy, which might be sweetest of all. 😊
I felt sick for most of yesterday but better with Carney's win and better still Poilievre list his seat. But I won't feel comfortable until we get those 4+ seats confirmed Liberal. Minority government is too unstable and will mean another election too soon.
Congratulations to Mark Carney and the Liberal Party on their election victory. The bond between Europe and Canada is strong — and growing stronger.
Especially sweet he lost it to a man named Joy ❤️
Even better? Poilievre, the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada lost his seat to a man named Joy! ❤️🇨🇦
Even at early returns CBC projects we will have Liberal government but too early to tell if it will be a majority. NDP votes collapsed.
April 28th is the day we remember workers injured and killed on the job. They don't teach us the monumental stories of resistance and organizing to make workplaces safer. This is my reflection on the origins of April 28th and the miners of the north who made history. substack.com/home/post/p-...
At issue is a case testing the reach of federal laws that promise special help for children with disabilities in public schools. Specifically: What do parents have to prove in order to get that specialized help?
Pritzker: And we have a president who claims to love America but hates our military so much that can’t be bothered to delay his golf game to greet the bodies of four fallen U.S. soldiers.
Pritzker: Time to stop wondering if you can trust the nuclear codes to people who don’t know how to organize a group chat. It’s time to stop ignoring the hypocrisy in wearing a big gold cross while announcing the defunding of children’s cancer research…
An executive order will convert 50,000 government employees into de facto political appointees who serve only at the president’s pleasure, Robert P. Beschel Jr. writes:
This is Canada — and we decide what happens here.
"It’s not going to stop with Dugan. It’s not even going to stop with judges. The administration’s position is that state and local officials must assist the federal government in its immigration crackdown or face prosecution." — @snipy.bsky.social
“So that’s a no?” 🤡 @acyn.bsky.social
Poilievre doesn’t even know his own constituency’s boundaries. This is the second time of this campaign he’s holding a rally not in the constituency he thought he was in. Dumbest politician ever elected in Canada. Thankfully, Bruce Fanjoy 🇨🇦 will bring real change to Carleton. #cdnpoli
State organizations that advocate for disabled residents in New Jersey and Arkansas announced that they will have to limit their work after not receiving the full funds they are owed by the US federal government.
Exercise your right to vote today, Canadians! Own your democracy! 🇨🇦🗳️
You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.
If he cannot carry out his agenda without breaking our laws, violating our Constitution, ignoring the judiciary, alienating our allies and crashing the economy… It’s a criminal agenda.
Citizen's can't be deported. It's kidnapping. Use the right word
It's time for change! We can't afford an eighth Poilievre term in parliament! #cdnpoli
Pierre Poilievre says he'll end "woke culture" in the military. We've seen this movie before. #cdnpoli
It always strikes me as odd that self-interest will drive a voter to focus on the one thing that will benefit them....and to ignore everything else the candidate is saying. And then they say they didn't know?
My next speaking engagement will be at the 2025 Disability Inclusive Pathways Conference July 15th and 16th in Auckland, New Zealand. Early bird tickets still available until April 30th. Hosted by the NZDEN Learn more at: www.dipc.nz #Accessibility #Conference #disability #business #inclusion
Canadians started avoiding US food because of the threat of invasion and the tarrifs but now we don't trust US food is safe
Next Toronto #HandsOff Trump protest is today Saturday April 19th. Meet across the street from the US Consulate at 361 University Ave Weather 18C Full details at: www.democratsabroad.org/juliabuchana... #ElbowsUp #Never51 #Canada
@politicsgirl.bsky.social have you seen this list of suggestions from Liz Cheney about what more people can be doing www.facebook.com/share/p/1BtN...
The reason the US has such a big trade deficit is that it runs huge budget deficits. The answer to the problem (if it a problem) is not tariffs. It's fiscal discipline. Latest on The David Frum Show. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ7I...
@davidfrum.bsky.social have you read this interesting list of suggested actions for those who want to do more? www.facebook.com/share/p/1BtN...
Have you seen Liz Cheney's suggestions for action? www.facebook.com/share/p/1BtN... #Resistance
Karina Gould 🇨🇦 - #cdnpoli When someone tells you who they are, believe them. The Federal Govt should not use the Notwithstanding Clause. Here are my thoughts from last year. We can see what's happening in the US when a President disregards the courts, don't let them happen here in Canada.
Have you read this yet? Finally! www.facebook.com/share/p/1BtN...
Mark Carney, Canada’s 24th Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Party, joins Scott to discuss the country’s economic outlook, how Canada fits into a shifting global order, and whether the U.S.-Canada relationship can be repaired amid rising trade tensions. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
I just realized this Easter will be our last Butterball Turkey, our last Stove Top Stuffing. As a Canadian I've been replacing our supplies with Canadian, Mexican and UK products because of the tarrifs, but now also because of the FDA cut backs. US food is no longer for sure safe. #ElbowsUp #Canada
HE IS PROMISING TO SEND AMERICANS TO FOREIGN DEATH CAMPS. This is it. This is where America ends.
Oh look. Another bribery and extortion scheme.
Strong moment from AOC’s speech in Utah
Thousands of Hungarian protesters turned the streets of Budapest into a sea of gray on Saturday poking fun at their countries far-right prime minister Viktor Orban’s recent clampdown on LGBTQ rights and diversity.
BREAKING: Last week’s trade data shows an incredibly bleak picture for the economy: - 49% drop in global container bookings - 64% drop in U.S. imports. - 30% drop in U.S. exports.
For the mathematically handicapped
This all sounds so familiar. It’s definitely not what ANY of us true Canadians want for OUR country. ❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️ ❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️ #canada #canadastrong #elbowsup #markcarneyforpm #cdnpoli #voteliberal #tariffs #tradewar #neverpoilievre #never51state #buycanadian #supportlocal
Oh, how the MIGHTY have FALLEN & HARD! It only took a little of THREE Months for the US to become a Nation that can't be trusted & isn't worthy of respect. For Decades, the US was a well respected, progressive World Leading Nation, now it's morphed into 1930's Germany with shades of Gilead.