Learning About
ACCESSIBILITY

Content References

Accessible Canada Act. (2019). Summary of the accessible Canada act. opens in new window

Americans with Disabilities Act. (n.d.) Information and Technical Assistance on the Americans with Disabilities Act. opens in new window

AODA. (2017). AODA: Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. opens in new window

Auslander & Gold. (1999). Disability terminology in the media: a comparison of newspaper reports in Canada and Israel. opens in new window

Cambridge Dictionary. (2021). Terminology. opens in new window

CBC Media Centre. (2019). CBC announces 2019-2020 programing slate. opens in new window

CDA Canada. (2020). Communication and Social Justice. opens in new window

CNIB. (n.d.). Blindness Myths and Facts. opens in new window

CSA. (2019). A Canadian Roadmap for Accessibility Standards. opens in new window

Deaf Interpreter Institute. (2016). What is a Deaf Interpreter? opens in new window

Employment and Social Development Canada. (n.d.). Making an accessible Canada for people with disabilities. opens in new window

Government of Canada. (2016). Consulting with Canadians on accessibility legislation. opens in new window

Government of Canada. (n.d.). Accessible Canada Act Visual Representations. opens in new window

Government of Ontario. (n.d). Accessibility Laws. opens in new window

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Harvard Literacy. (n.d.). Use Plain Language. opens in new window

Historica Canada. (2020). Roland Galarneau, the inventor of the Converto-Braille. opens in new window

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MCSS. (n.d.). The words we used. opens in new window

National Center on Disability and Journalism, (2018). Style Guide. opens in new window

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Public Works and Government Services Canada. (2015). Plain Language. opens in new window

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Statistics Canada. (2019). Canadian Survey on Disability. opens in new window

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Sinead Burke. (n.d.). As Me. opens in new window

Sinead Burke. Ted Talk. (2017). Why design should include everyone. opens in new window

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Tink. (2011). Design like you give a damn! opens in new window

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Image References

General

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LEARNING OUTCOMES

Anne Zbitnew

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UNIVERSAL DESIGN

Anne Zbitnew

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LANGUAGE

Anne Zbitnew

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[language guide]

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ACCESS SIGNS AND SYMBOLS

Anne Zbitnew

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COMMUNICATION – Diverse approaches

Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels

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BRAILLE

Anne Zbitnew

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SIGN LANGUAGE

Ellie Burgin/Pexels

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HEARING INTERPRETERS AND DEAF INTERPRETERS

Christopher Desloges

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INDIGENOUS SIGN LANGUAGES

Image Courtesy of Garrick Mallery, Introduction to the Study of Sign Language Among the North American Indians: As Illustrating the Gesture Speech of Mankind (1880).

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ACCESSIBIITY AND THE LAW

Cytonn

Photography/Pexels

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