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Indigenous Disability Canada / British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society provides one-to-one disability related services, as well as awareness and outreach activities aimed at individuals and families, federal, provincial and territorial governments, Indigenous leadership and the public, both within Canada and at the international level.
British Columbia created the Accessible British Columbia Act in 2021. [1] This act commits the government of British Columbia to promote accessibility, recognize AccessAbility Week, and officially recognize both American Sign Language & Indigenous sign languages. There will be annual reports that will be published for each fiscal year ...
The Accessible Canada Act (ACA; French: Loi canadienne sur l'accessibilité) is a Canada-wide accessibility act that applies to the federal public sector, Crown corporations, and all federally-regulated organizations, [2] building on the Canadian Human Rights Act and focuses on the prohibition of discrimination based on disability.
CLBC is accountable to the provincial government of British Columbia through the Minister of Social Development and Social Innovation. CLBC is mandated under the Community Living Authority Act [ 1 ] to provide a range of supports and services for adults with developmental disabilities , or adults with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, and autism ...
Michelle Stilwell, Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (quadriplegic) Sam Sullivan, former mayor of Vancouver (quadriplegic with limited use of his extremities) Carla Qualtrough, Member of Parliament for Delta and Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibility (visually impaired since birth)
Crown corporations in BC are public-sector organizations established and funded by the Government of British Columbia to provide specialized goods and services to citizens. [1] They operate at varying levels of government control, depending on how they are defined, funded, and the kinds of services they provide.
Its mandate is to provide British Columbians in need with a system of supports to help them achieve social and economic potential. [1] The ministry is responsible for provincial income assistance, disability assistance, WorkBC, and low-income bus passes.
A for-profit social enterprise, it provides workplace ergonomic and assistive technology for individuals and employers. Clients of this program begin with an assessment in one of the Neil Squire Society's Assistive Technology for Employment Centre (ATEC) labs where they are matched with and trained on the assistive technology that best suits their needs.