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Accessibility

​Refers to how services, technology, locations, devices, environments, and products are designed to accommodate persons with disabilities. Accessibility means giving people of all abilities equal opportunities to take part in life activities. According to the Ontario Human Rights Commission, the term implies conscious planning, design, and/or effort to make sure something is barrier-free to persons with disabilities.

AODA

The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) ensures that public sector organizations such as Conestoga meet accessibility standards as defined in the Act.  This Act applies to every person or organization in the public and private sectors of the Province of Ontario, including the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

Barrier

​According to the Accessible Canada Act (2019) a barrier is “anything  physical, architectural, technological, or attitudinal, anything that is based on information or communications or anything that is the result of a policy or a practice  that hinders the full and equal participation in society of persons with an impairment, including a physical, mental, intellectual, cognitive, learning, communication or sensory impairment or a functional limitation.”

Conestoga Community

refers to all registered students, both full-time and part-time; all paid employees, full-time, part-time and casual; all others associated with Conestoga including board members, retirees, alumni or volunteers, and visitors who are granted temporary permission to use Conestoga’s Information Technology resources.

Disability

As defined by the Ontario Human Rights Code, a disability is:

• any degree of physical disability, infirmity, malformation or disfigurement that is caused by bodily injury, birth defect or illness and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes diabetes mellitus, epilepsy, a brain injury, any degree of paralysis, amputation, lack of physical co-ordination, blindness or visual impediment, deafness or hearing impediment, muteness or speech impediment, or physical reliance on a guide dog or other animal or on a wheelchair or other remedial appliance or device,
• 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,
• a mental disorder, or
• an injury or disability for which benefits were claimed or received under the insurance plan established under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997.

Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation (IASR)

Is an Ontario regulation (O. Reg. 191/11) under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA). It sets mandatory, enforceable standards to identify, remove, and prevent barriers for people with disabilities in key areas of daily life.

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