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Count Us In: Removing Barriers to Political Participation

 

Table of Contents

 

People With Disabilities Are Voters

How to use this Guide

Choosing a location

• Transportation
• Signage
• Parking
• Sidewalks and Paths of Travel
• Entrances, Lobbies and Corridors
• Accessible Washrooms
• Meeting Space
• Additional Considerations

Advertising an Accessible All Candidates Meeting

Assistive technologies and Services

• Sign Language Interpreting
• Real-time Captioning
• Deaf-Blind Intervenor
• Attendant Service
• Assistive Listening Technology and Systems

Budgeting for Assistive Technologies and Services

• Sign Language Interpreting
• Real-time Captioning
• Attendant Services
• Sample Budget

Conducting the Accessible All Candidates Meeting

• Before the meeting
• During the meeting

Understanding Disability

• Physical Disabilities
• Vision Loss
• Deafness and Hearing Loss
• Deaf-Blindness
• Speech Disabilities
• Cognitive Disabilities
• Mental Illness

More Information

• Resources
• Who Can Help?

 

Published by Accessibility Directorate of Ontario
Ministry of Community and Social Services
Province of Ontario, Toronto, Canada

© Queen’s Printer for Ontario, July 2007

ISBN 978-1-4249-4749-2

The development of this guide has been made possible through an EnAbling Change Partnership Program provided by the Government of Ontario

We wish to thank Canadian Paraplegic Association Ontario; CNIB; The Canadian Hearing Society; and Ontario March of Dimes for the development of this guide.