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Quick Reference Guide to Accessible Campaign Information and Communication
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Additional Resources
There are many resources about accessible information and communication. The resources listed below support the recommendations made throughout this Guide:
More information on guidelines and suggestions for making Web sites accessible appears on the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web site at: www.w3.org/WAI
More information on the Clear Print Accessibility Guidelines is available through the CNIB Web site at: www.cnib.ca/en/services/accessibility/text/clearprint/Default.aspx
More information about accessibility for print and electronic communications is available through the CNIB Web site at: www.cnib.ca/en/services/accessibility/design/Default.aspx
More information about interpreting services and providing access and accommodation to you and deaf, deafened, and hard of hearing voters is available through The Canadian Hearing Society’s Web site at: www.chs.ca/
Additional suppliers for assistive technology, transcription, captioning and Braille translation services can be found through the online Canadian Company Capabilities Database maintained by Industry Canada at: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_coinf/ccc/engdoc/homepage.html
More information about VoicePrint, a division of The National Broadcast Reading Service is available at: www.voiceprintcanada.com/
More information about Clear Language and Design, including an online thesaurus is available through East End Literacy at: www.eastendliteracy.on.ca/clearlanguageanddesign
Who Can Help?
There are many organizations, which work with and on behalf of people with disabilities that may be able to provide further guidance. The following organizations contributed to the development of this guide:
Canadian Paraplegic Association Ontario
520 Sutherland Drive,
Toronto, Ontario M4G 3V9
Toll Free: 1-877-422-1112
Tel: 416-422-5644
Fax: 416-422-5943
E-mail: info@cpaont.org
www.cpaont.org/
CNIB
1929 Bayview Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M4G 3E8
Tel: 416-486-2500
Toll Free: 1-800-563-2642
Fax: 416-480-7717
TTY: 416-480-8645:
E-mail: ontario@cnib.ca
http://www.cnib.ca/
The Canadian Hearing Society (CHS)
271 Spadina Road
Toronto, Ontario M5R 2V3
Tel: 416-928-2500
Toll-Free: 1-877-347-3427
TTY: 416-964-0023
Toll-Free TTY: 1-877-347-3429
Fax: 416-928-2506
E-mail: info@chs.ca
www.chs.ca/
The Canadian Helen Keller Centre, Inc.
210 Empress Avenue,
Toronto, Ontario M2N 3T9
Tel: 416-225-8989
Fax: 416-225-4871
E-mail: deafblindinfo@onramp.ca
www.chkc.org/
Ontario March of Dimes
10 Overlea Blvd.
Toronto, ON M4H 1A4
Tel: 416-425-3463
Toll-free: 1-800-263-3463
E-mail: info@dimes.on.ca
www.marchofdimes.ca/
Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario
2301 - 180 Dundas Street West
Toronto, ON M5G 1Z8
Tel: 416-977-5580
Fax: 416-977-2813
E-mail: info@ontario.cmha.ca
www.ontario.cmha.ca/
Accessibility Directorate of Ontario
Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services
777 Bay Street, 6th Floor, Suite 601
Toronto, ON M7A 2J4
Tel: 416-326-0207
Toll-free: 1-888-520-5828
TTY: 416-326-0148
Toll-free 1-888-335-6611
Fax: 416-326-9725
E-mail: accessibility@css.gov.on.ca
www.mcss.gov.on.ca/mcss/english/pillars/accessibilityOntario/