Insight Radio Interview with Donna Jodhan
Listen as Donna Jodhan explains to Europe's first radio station for blind and partially sighted people the charter challenge and other issues facing access to the internet.
... moreCNIB Apalled at Government Plans To Appeal Court Ruling Mandating Website Accessibiilty
"Unbelievable. Ridiculous. There are no other words to describe this turn of events," said John Rafferty, president and CEO, CNIB. "The fact that it took a court case to plead for full web accessibility in the first place is bad enough, but to learn that the government plans to spend more time and taxpayer money fighting the court's ruling is just appalling."
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Canadian Government Appeals Landmark Accessibility Ruling
The Canadian Federal Government is appealing against the recent court ruling which branded its websites not fully accessible to disabled citizens and ordered it to remedy the problem.
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Ottawa appeals court ruling on accessible websites
Visually-impaired activist Donna Jodhan asks, 'Should we be interpreting this to mean that the government does not consider us as equal?'
Ottawa (24 Jan. 2011) – The federal government is appealing a December 2010 ruling of the Federal Court of Canada ordering it to make its websites accessible to visually impaired users.
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Donna Jodhan Succeeds in Accessibility Challenge to Federal Websites
Today Justice Michael Kelen of the Federal Court handed down a significant decision in DONNA JODHAN v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA. Ms Jodhan sought a declaration under section 18.1 of the Federal Courts Act that the standards implemented by the federal government for providing visually impaired Canadians with access to government information and services on the Internet, and the way in which those standards are implemented, denied her equal access to government information and services, and thereby violated her rights under section 15(1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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Click on the following links to view Justice Kelen's full decision. The first several pages of the document provide a detailed overview of the matter: Plain text | PDF.
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Blindness No Barrier to Ice Skating for Toronto Writer
Donna Jodhan's vocation is accessibility. Her company, Sterling Creations, provides writing, research, and translation services on business, lifestyle, and accessibility topics to numerous organizations. Her passion is recreational sports, which Jodhan pursues despite losing most of her sight to congenital glaucoma.
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Why I launched my Charter challenge – a right to information
Just imagine not being able to obtain information in a readable format. Just imagine having to wait for months to receive important information that you have requested through a Federal Government phone line. Just imagine not being able to access Federal Government websites to apply for jobs or request certain confidential information because you are unable to read them.
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