A Guide to Canadian Disabilities Act

1. A Guide to Canadian Disabilities Act What is Canadian Disabilities Act (CDA)? In 2015, a firm commitment was made by the Canadian government for creating federal legislation that guarantees the rights of Canadian disabled citizens across the country. A cohesive federal framework is established by the Canadian disabilities act that ensures the rights of Canadian disabled citizens are not prevented at any cost. The following are the principles of the Canadian disabilities act: 1. A barrier-free Canada: The objective of CDA is to achieve a barrier-free Canada for disabled Canadian citizens. Upon proclamation, the implementation will begin immediately to ensure that all

2. disabled Canadian citizens are provided with equal opportunities. These citizens should be able to participate in all aspects based on their merit. 2. Applicable to the entire disabled community: This act applies to all disabled citizens whether they have mental health conditions, learning/intellectual disability, physical impairments, hearing impairments, and visual impairments. This should be applied to all accessibility barriers such as technological, information, bureaucratic, legal, communication, physical, and other barriers. 3. The prominence of the act: The CDA should supersede all other policies, regulations, or legislation that provide lesser entitlements and protections to disabled people. 4. The focus on providing full accessibility: Those institutions that come under the CDA should ensure full accessibility to disabled persons by preventing the creation of new barriers and removal of existing barriers. It should be done within the specified timeframe prescribed in the regulations or legislation. 5. Specific entities should be usable for disabled persons: The providers of facilities, services, and goods to whom the Act applies should make sure that their goods, services, and facilities should be fully usable for disabled persons. To accommodate the requirements of disabled people, the principles of universal design should be applied to designing these goods, services, and facilities. 6. The significance of taking proactive steps: Those organizations that come under CDA should take proactive steps to obtain barrier-free workplaces.