Disability Law Primer (PDF) - ARCH Disability Law Centre

DISABILITY LAW PRIMER ARCH Disability Law Centre Current to September 2013. Anyone intending to rely on this primer should condu ...

Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview Ivana Petricone, Executive Director, ARCH Disability Law Centre October 2013 Current to Sept ...

Introduction and Overview With great pleasure, I introduce the revised edition of the ARCH Disability Law Centre Disability Law ...

provides basic information about disabilities and how disabilities are treated in law. Because the concept of disability and rel ...

help deal with those issues in a manner that protects the rights of persons with capacity issues and promotes their autonomy to ...

persons with physical disabilities. Enforcement of the rights of those who use attendant services is also covered in this chapte ...

Ivana Petricone Executive Director ARCH Disability Law Centre September 2013 ...

Chapter 2 Providing Legal Services for People with Disabilities^1 September 2013 Current to September 2013. Anyone intending to ...

TABLE OF CONTENTS I. UNDERSTANDING, DEFINING, AND DESCRIBING DISABILITIES A. Understanding Disability B. Disability Models Disa ...

I. UNDERSTANDING, DEFINING, AND DESCRIBING DISABILITIES “Disability” is a complex concept. While this paper provides basic infor ...

“non-evident”.^5 Examples of disabilities that may not be apparent include epilepsy, diabetes and acquired brain injuries. It sh ...

environmental barriers that hinders their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others.^6 The Supre ...

prevent people from participating in society. Rather, it is the obstacles in the socio- economic and built environment that do.^ ...

This means that most lawyers, regardless of the area of law they practice, will represent at least some clients who have disabil ...

• the disability rate is approximately 2% higher for women than men, with the exception of the under 15 age range • of Canadians ...

D. Appropriate Language and Terms Describing Disabilities It has been stated that words are a mirror of society’s attitudes and ...

E. Understanding of “Disability” in Jurisprudence and Legislation There is no one legal definition in Canada either of disabilit ...

Different statutes and regulations define disability in different ways depending on their purpose and intent. The Canadian Chart ...

disability income program legislation and guidelines may define disability narrowly, based on medical criteria, and/or may focu ...

II. PARTICULAR LAWS AND LEGAL CONCEPTS RELATING TO DISABILITY A. The Duty to Accommodate Disability The widespread inaccessibili ...