By Paul Caune and Victor Schwartzman
[Disclosure: Victor was a Human Rights Officer who worked over twenty years for The Manitoba Human Rights Commission. He retired two years ago.]
For the past decade, about one third of all complaints registered by the Manitoba Human Rights Commission have been based on disability, with the Cowardly Lion’s share based on physical disability. There are thirteen “group factors” on which to base a human rights complaint—it is remarkable that one third of all complaints are based on only one “group factor”. This is part of the ongoing international scandal of how Canada abuses its citizens who have disabilities. See Barrier Free Manitoba’s Feature Issue here: http://www.barrierfreemb.com/feature
Website Audits: Is the CNIB Robbing You Blind?
By Geof Collis
May 25, 2012
How can they perform expensive Audits if their own website isn’t compliant?
Remember, just because it’s the CNIB, doesn’t make them an Authority or experts on web Accessibility and you’d be well advised to get other proposals if you want to go the Audit route.
Read more at
http://www.accessibilitynews.ca/?p=2505