Accessibility

Our municipality is working towards becoming a fully accessible Town and offering accessible services and programs by removing and preventing barriers that could hold back any member of the public from participating in community life.

Policies and Plans

Goal

Strive to make the Town of Kingsville a more accessible community.

Objective

Meet the accessibility needs of the community.

Actions

  • Annually provide ongoing accessibility training to staff and Council (i.e. customer service, disability, sensitivity)

  • Assess and evaluate the accessibility needs of the community in year 2018

  • Make communications / documents accessible by year 2020

The Accessibility Committee, Council and Administration are actively involved in ensuring compliance with the AODA regulations.

Performance Measures

To complete one training program per year with 100% compliance.

Each department is responsible for creation of accessible documents to have 50% of documents in year one, 75% of documents in year two and 100% of documents by year three.

The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA) is an important accessibility law. The goal is to create provincial accessibility standards and make Ontario completely accessible by 2025.

Governments, businesses, and other private organizations that provide goods, services, and facilities to people in Ontario will have to meet accessibility standards. The following are the standards in the Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation under the AODA:

  • Customer Service
  • Transportation
  • Information and Communication
  • Built Environment
  • Employment

BrowseAloud

BrowseAloud is free software that reads web pages out loud. It can help anyone who has difficulty reading on-line, including people with mild visual impairments, low literacy, English as a second language, or learning disabilities, such as dyslexia.

Feedback

If you have any questions or comments on our accessibility in services, programs or facilities please contact us at requests@kingsville.ca.

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