ACCESSIBILITY IN RAMARA TOWNSHIP

Accessibility Plan for Ramara Township 

The Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2001 was passed to improve access and opportunities for people with disabilities.  The Act provides for people with disabilities to be involved in the identification, removal and prevention of barriers to allow them to fully take part in the life of the province.

Each year municipal councils are required to prepare an Accessibility Plan through an Accessibility Advisory Committee (ACC) or by consulting with people with disabilities.  Municipalities with populations over 10,000 must form an ACC.  Ramara's population is currently 9472 and is therefore not required to form an ACC.  However, Ramara does host an annual Accessibility Plan public meeting on the last Thursday in October of each year at 7:00 p.m. at the Ramara Centre, to receive comments from the public regarding Accessibility in Ramara.

Click HERE to view the 2009-2010 Accessibility Plan for the Township of Ramara

Accessible Customer Service Policy

The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 was passed to achieve accessibility for Ontarians with disabilities with respect to goods, services, facilities, accommodation, employment, building, structures and premises on or before January 1, 2025, by developing, implementing and enforcing accessibility standards.

The Act recognizes the history of discrimination against persons with disabilities and established the following five standards to overcome barriers:

• Customer Service Standard
• Building Environment Standard
• Employment Standard
• Information/Communication Standard
• Transportation Standard

The Customer Service Standard is the only standard that has been passed as regulation and is now considered law.  The other four standards regarding building, employment, information/communication and transportation are all in the development or review stage or are before the Minister of Community and Social Services for implementation as law.

Click HERE to view Ramara's Accessible Customer Service policies, procedures and practices.

For more information regarding Accessibility visit the following sites:

AccessON 

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005

Effective Accessibility Constulting

Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2001

Simcoe County Association for the Physically Disabled

Last Update posted 2010-05-31 09:28:11