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Category: Accessibility

Two women sit in front of a microphone
Posted inAccessibility

Disability rights activist Vicky Levack to move into new home this month

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson November 3, 2022November 7, 2022

Levack has been living in a nursing home for the past 10 years and has fought to have adults with disabilities moved out of institutions.

A man wearing orange safety gear and carrying a big chainsaw carries branches away from a tree that's leaning on a wire. It's pouring rain.
Posted inAccessibility

Needs of people with disabilities must be considered in emergencies, advocates say

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont November 2, 2022November 2, 2022
A woman in a black sweater with a floral print sits on the floor with a dog with beige and black fur
Posted inEquity and Equality

Blind, partially sighted Nova Scotians say they’re being denied access to spaces because of their guide dogs

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent September 29, 2022January 5, 2023
Vicky Levack smiles from the sidewalk beside Meagher Park. She is sitting in her wheelchair with a purple sweater and dark sunglasses.
Posted inAccessibility, Health, Housing, Province House

Disability advocates still waiting for concrete progress on closure of institutions

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch September 9, 2022January 9, 2023
A steel grater sits on a wooden cutting board next to a small pile of freshly shredded ginger.
Posted inMorning File

The casual ableism of cooking snobbery

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch June 28, 2022January 30, 2023
The Supreme Court of Canada building
Posted inCrime and Courts

Supreme Court of Canada dismisses Nova Scotia’s bid to appeal systemic discrimination ruling

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford April 14, 2022December 29, 2022
Milena Khazanavicius, a white woman, is in a large hoop suspended from a gym's ceiling. She's on her back with her feet braced against the hoop, her arms are outstretched, and she's laughing joyfully.
Posted inAccessibility

All the world’s an accessible stage

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent February 15, 2022November 30, 2022
Milena sits on her sofa and demonstrates how to use ScripTalk a handheld machine used to scan a code on a prescription bottle and read the instructions on its label out loud.
Posted inHealth

A prescription for accessibility in health care

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent February 15, 2022November 30, 2022
A smiling Milena Khazanavicius points out the the sharp corner of a large orange warning sign, hung at eye level, with an upraised middle finger. Her guide dog Louis doesn't look impressed either.
Posted inAccessibility

One woman’s fight to make Halifax accessible

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent February 13, 2022November 30, 2022
Posted inHealth

The court ruled that the province discriminates against people with disabilities; what is the government going to do about it?

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson December 2, 2021December 21, 2022

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