Chapter 3
HUMAN RIGHTS AND DISABILITY LAW: A PRIMER
September 2013Kerri Joffe, Staff Lawyer ARCH Disability Law Centre
C. Tess Sheldon, Doctoral Candidate at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at
the University of Toronto, and former Staff Lawyer ARCH Disability Law Centre
Karen R. Spector, Lawyer in Toronto, and
former Staff Lawyer ARCH Disability Law Centre
September 2013Current to September 2013. Anyone intending to rely on this paper should conduct their own research for
updates in the legislation and jurisprudence.
A French version of this paper has been prepared by the Centre for Legal Translation and
Documentation. The translation is entitled x and can be found at Chapter 6. The analysis is based on an
English version of the law.