The New Society Institute works with Deaf and disabled people and their families to identify barriers to accessibility. Through The Accessibility Exchange, we connect diverse people with disabilities and Deaf persons with public, private, and civil sectors to co-design full accessibility in society.
The Accessibility Exchange is an online platform that assists federally regulated organizations in finding and recruiting diverse people with disabilities and Deaf persons, their supporters, and their organizations to participate in consultations to build effective accessibility plans.
The platform will support people with disabilities and Deaf peoples to share their expertise with federally regulated organizations in how to remove barriers in their policies, programs, workplaces, and services.
The Accessibility Exchange has been developed by diverse people with disabilities, Deaf people, their supporters and disability, civil society, and federally regulated organizations.
To sign up for updates and to learn about how you can engage in The Accessibility Exchange, please visit accessibilityexchange.ca
The Accessibility Exchange is an online platform that assists federally regulated organizations in finding and recruiting diverse people with disabilities and Deaf persons, their supporters, and their organizations to participate in consultations to build effective accessibility plans.
This project aimed to identify key lessons for inclusion and accessibility culture change initiatives that address barriers faced by people with intellectual disabilities, and increase awareness at the federal level of the need for a comprehensive, robust, and targeted culture change strategy to advance goals of the Accessible Canada Act.
The purpose of this project was to contribute to the development of a Government of Canada culture change strategy with respect to accessibility and the social inclusion of persons with disabilities. The work involved the identification and analysis of exemplary initiatives for achieving culture change related to accessibility and social inclusion.
This project was led by Sherri Torjman, a long term IRIS collaborator.
