6.3. National and Provincial Instruments on Disability Rights

It guarantees equal opportunities for people with disabilities in public accommodations, employment, transportation, state and local government services,  and telecommunications. This is referring to ____________________.

The other driver considered pivotal to the integration of disability rights in law in many countries is the __________________________.

The following are called :

Unlike individuals who have experienced discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, or age, individuals who have experienced

discrimination on the basis of disability have often had no legal recourse to redress such discrimination.

Discrimination against individuals with disabilities persists in such critical areas as employment, housing, public accommodations, education,  transportation, is referring to the _______________________________.

The Findings of ________________  state:

The Congress finds that:

physical or mental disabilities in no way diminish a person’s right to fully participate in all aspects of society, yet many people with physical or mental

disabilities have been precluded from doing so because of discrimination; others who have a record of a disability or are regarded as having a disability also have been subjected to discrimination;

The people of______________ support the right of persons of all ages with disabilities to enjoy equal opportunity and to participate fully in the life of the province.

Which country passed passed the Equality Act 2010 in order to bring together formerly disparate anti-discrimination laws and strengthen them, in order to provide people with improved protections from discrimination in the workplace and society.

The United Kingdom passed the _________________ in order to bring together formerly disparate anti-discrimination laws and strengthen them.

This responsibility rests with every social and economic sector, every region, every government, every organization, institution and association, and every

person in Ontario.

Individuals with disabilities continually encounter various forms of discrimination, including outright intentional exclusion, the discriminatory effects of architectural, transportation, and communication barriers, overprotective rules and policies, failure to make modifications to existing facilities and practices, exclusionary qualification standards and criteria, segregation, and relegation to lesser services, programs, activities, benefits, jobs, or other opportunities;

The ______________________, with ongoing refinements, ensures the rights of people with disabilities to equal opportunities and to be free from discrimination.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was adopted in 1990 as one of several ______________ .

The shift from the ______________ of disability is a main driver of the legal shift from a welfare or social security law model towards anti-discrimination or equality law.

___________________, with ongoing refinements, ensures the rights of people with disabilities to equal opportunities and to be free from discrimination.

The number of persons with disabilities is expected to increase as the population ages, since the incidence of disability increases with age.

Some disability civil rights laws include prescriptive guidelines or checklists for measuring accessibility in such areas as architecture and the built environment, employment and the workplace, educational settings, retail venues, hospitality and entertainment.

Historically, society has tended to isolate and segregate individuals with disabilities, and, despite some improvements, such forms of discrimination against

individuals with disabilities continue to be a serious and pervasive social problem.

The Government of Ontario is committed to working with every sector of society to build on what it has already achieved together with those sectors and to move towards a province in which no new barriers are created and existing ones are removed.

Laws that treat disability as a discrimination category recognize that persons with disabilities are persons with rights instead of problems.