The Honourable David C. Onley to Review Ontario's Accessibility Laws

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In most cases, employees will tell their employers that they need an accommodation due to their disability. However, if your employee is clearly not well or seems to have a disability, you could offer her assistance or accommodations to support her in the workplace.

It’s important to remember that you can only request information that is required to make the accommodation and that the information you collect is private.

A person with a mental health disability may not interact with others in a “commonly acceptable” manner. Adapting the format of the interview so that it’s written can help an employer assess the individual’s skills and capabilities.

This may capture the candidate’s abilities better than a verbal interview, where they may be concentrating too hard on how they come across to be thinking about the right answers.

Communicating with People with Mental Health Disabilities is an online, multi-media training program that will help justice sector professionals remove communication barriers that people with mental health disabilities may encounter when they interact with the broader justice sector.

Mental Health Works provides guidance and resources for employers on how to address mental health in the workplace.

Broadcasting Accessibility Fund opens call for letters of intent

The first of its kind in the world, the Broadcasting Accessibility Fund was created with the objective of financially supporting initiatives that advance accessibility to broadcasting content for Canadians with disabilities.  

The call for letters of intent is the first step in the process of applying for a grant from the Fund. The deadline for submission is March 22, 2018.