In your role with Providence Care, you play an important part in ensuring that we have an accessible environment for persons with disabilities.  You can achieve this by being familiar with the purpose of the Act and ways in which you can interact, communicate and support persons with disabilities. Click on the links below for helpful guidance:   ACCESSIBILITY POLICY & PROCEDURE (ADM-HR-15)     COMMUNICATING WITH PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES   INTERACTING WITH A PERSON WITH A SERVICE ANIMAL     INTERACTING WITH A CLIENT WHO HAS A SUPPORT PERSON     ACCESSIBILITY FOR ONTARIANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, 2005 Information regarding our services are available upon request in alternative formats and/or with communication support which take individual accessibility needs into consideration. Please contact our Communications Department for assistance: info@providencecare.ca or 613-548-5567, extension 5668.

CREATING AN ACCESSIBLE ENVIRONMENT FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES In 2005, the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (“Act”) was introduced. Recognizing the history of discrimination against persons with disabilities in Ontario, the purpose of this Act is to benefit all Ontarians by: (a) developing, implementing and enforcing accessibility standards in order to achieve accessibility for Ontarians with disabilities with respect to goods, services, facilities, accommodation, employment, buildings, structures and premises on or before January 1, 2025; and (b) providing for the involvement of persons with disabilities, of the Government of Ontario and of representatives of industries and of various sectors of the economy in the development of the accessibility standards. 2005, c. 11, s. 1.   Under the Act, disability means: any degree of physical disability, infirmity, malformation or disfigurement that is caused by bodily injury, birth defect or illness and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes diabetes mellitus, epilepsy, a brain injury, any degree of paralysis, amputation, lack of physical coordination, blindness or visual impediment, deafness or hearing impediment, muteness or speech impediment, or physical reliance on a guide dog or other animal or on a wheelchair or other remedial appliance or device, a condition of mental impairment or a developmental disability, a learning disability, or a dysfunction in one or more of the processes involved in understanding or using symbols or spoken language, a mental disorder, or an injury or disability for which benefits were claimed or received under the insurance plan established under the Worker Safety and Insurance Act, 1997.