AccessOn: Built Environment

OK... so apparently slightly off-topic but since this is the area of my paid consulting work and the "Accessibility For Ontarians With Disabilities Act" now requires all public buildings to be accessible (green or not) this new AccessON web site created by the Ontario Government might be of some assistance to those of you not as well informed about the subject or simply used to following the minimums in the OBC (Ontario Building Code).

Oh... and the 2006 OBC code is in many ways just as inaccessible as the 1997 version. Go to most cities in Ontario and see how much higher their accessibility standards are (we were/are actually involved with writing many of them which is really cool).

And if you think about it... how "sustainable" can a building be if people as they get older can't use it (often the forgotten aspect of accessibility).

Read about province wide progress: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2007/12/c3699.html