To Table of Contents ideas , recommendations , and feedback on suggestions for federal accessibility standards . Project # 2 examines viewer preferences regarding the captioning of live hockey and basketball telecasts . That project was on hold for a year because of COVID but it is back in action now .
In the spring we will start Project # 3 ; the topic is accessibility of banks and financial institutions for people who are Deaf , Deaf- Blind , and hard of hearing . We hope to get approval for Project # 4 , which involves finding jobs for Deaf youth ; and Project # 5 , which will create working partnerships with our affiliated provincial associations to further the inclusion of diversity , both nationally and provincially .
We are advocating for a Canadian Disability Benefit , in collaboration with a broad list of organizations and individuals . We work with the National Network on Mental Health to get attention on Deaf and disabled mental health challenges . We work with IRIS Institute and other organizations to develop a one-stop accessibility website . We ’ re on the council of leaders for the Pan-Canadian Disability Coalition .
We ’ re involved in three or four councils on accessible transportation , including those of the Canada Transportation Agency , VIA Rail , and Spinal Injury Canada . We ’ re partners with Ryerson University in their project about captioning . We ’ re partnering with the Canadian Nursing Students Association to offer financial support to Deaf and Deaf-Blind nursing students .
We have a representative to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research , and we have a partnership with the Native Women ’ s Association of Canada on the topic of Indigenous women and gender-diverse people with disabilities across the country . Independent Living Canada chose CAD-ASC to lead a national focus on accessibility for the built environment .
We ’ re members of many
government accessibility advisory councils , including a council working to open up federal government service contracts so Deaf people and people with disabilities can sell their services to the federal government .
We partner with Wabanaki Disability Council in their project about how Indigenous people approach disability . We ’ re the only non-Indigenous organization invited to work with Wabanaki . It is a great honour !
We ’ re involved as leaders of the national disability coalition working on MAiD ( Medical Assistance in Dying ). This coalition hired ARCH Disability Law to bring our concerns to the international