2011 Accessibility Plan
The following is from the Introduction to the current draft of the City of Kingston's 2011 Accessibility Plan. The complete document can be downloaded using the link at right.
The Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2001 (ODA) mandates that each municipality in the province prepare an annual accessibility plan. The purpose of this required activity is to improve opportunities for persons with disabilities and provide for their involvement in the identification, removal and prevention of barriers to full participation in all aspects of life. The municipal accessibility plan is a tool through which the City of Kingston monitors its progress in removing or reducing barriers and outlines a strategy for the barrier mitigation for the next year.
In preparing annual accessibility plans, municipalities shall consider the following:
- The plan shall report on the measures the municipality has taken to identify, remove and prevent barriers to persons with disabilities;
- The plan shall examine all aspects of the municipality's operations, including its by-laws, practices, facilities, programs and services to determine their effect on accessibility for persons with disabilities;
- The plan shall list the by-laws, policies, programs, practices and services that the municipality will review in the coming year in order to identify barriers to persons with disabilities;
- The plan shall identify the measures that the municipality intends to take in the coming year to identify, remove and prevent barriers to person with disabilities.
The plan includes a list of the City of Kingston's accomplishments over the past year with respect to the removal and prevention of barriers to persons with disabilities. The City of Kingston has been investing resources to remove barriers and will continue to build on this momentum to improve accessibility.
Since its first municipal accessibility plan in 2003, the City of Kingston has been committed to increasing accessibility for all City of Kingston facilities, programs and services.
Note: The plan document is available in more-accessible formats upon request.
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