For the non-disabled people creating the accessibility and accommodation , it ’ s difficult and impractical , but to disabled people , not having that accessibility or accommodation is worse than difficult . ~ Bart Vulliamy
Act hopes to make Canada barrier free by 2040 . I have been happy to see more courses and workshops available for employers being made available through various Vancouver-based organizations .
The Canada Disability Benefit Act ( Bill C-22 ), passed in 2023 , will take effect in 2025 . This act is one of the steps forward in progression by lifting people with disabilities out of poverty and by increasing the financial security for low-income people with disabilities .
What does a neurodivergent inclusive environment look like exactly ? Expanding legal protections , like the Accessible Canada Act , along with raising awareness and broadening social norms in the education system and in the public .
Neurodiversity rejects the idea of “ bad ” brains , “ good ” brains , and value-based judgments of brains . The movement celebrates the fact that all brains are different . Being excluded because my autism is perceived as a defect or fundamental flaw has been the most disabling aspect of being autistic , and I know I ’ m not the only one who thinks this .
Organizations about autism that are run by businessmen have presented autism as a terrible curse , something that can be cured , or something that ruins families . Even before these organizations existed there were doctors who made statements that autistic people were puzzles , or missing pieces .
People with disabilities are the world ' s largest minority , and the only minority group that any of us can become a member of at any time . Currently , 6 million Canadians have a disability with the employment rate of those aged 16 to 64 with disabilities being just 65.1 %.
Nondisabled people have the tendency to create accessibility for disabled people by “ meeting them halfway ," but when policy makers try to meet disabled people halfway , it is still inaccessible . For the non-disabled people who are creating the accessibility and accommodation , it ’ s a difficult and impractical process , but to disabled people , not having that accessibility or accommodation is worse than difficult . Without accessibility , disabled people are excluded .
RESOURCES
• About an Accessible Canada
• Nothing About Us Without Us : Disability Oppression and Empowerment
• Autism advocacy and research misses the mark if autistic people are left out
• Measuring disability in Canada
For the non-disabled people creating the accessibility and accommodation , it ’ s difficult and impractical , but to disabled people , not having that accessibility or accommodation is worse than difficult . ~ Bart Vulliamy
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