Increase Accessibility at Ryerson University
This universally accessible campus includes an environment free from physical, academic and attitudinal barriers.
The Master Plan promises change in twenty years. This is not soon enough! Instead of paying millions of dollars to construct new buildings for future students, why not use some of that money to fix the old ones for current students?
This universally accessible campus includes an environment free from physical, academic and attitudinal barriers.
The Master Plan promises change in twenty years. This is not soon enough! Instead of paying millions of dollars to construct new buildings for future students, why not use some of that money to fix the old ones for current students?
Despite some efforts for improvement, Ryerson University has a long way to go to ensuring an universally accessible environment. This universally accessible campus includes an environment free from physical, academic and attitudinal barriers. Ryerson needs to ensure that professors, faculty, staff and students are not imposing attitudinal barriers. Ryerson needs to ensure physical barriers to accessibility are removed. The current focuses on implementing accessibility through the so called "Master Plan". While this move towards accessibility through the "Master Plan" is important, it is also important that Ryerson University embraces accessibility in the near future rather than in just a twenty year plan.
Disability is defined by the barriers put into place by society. At the same time, disability also includes: Physical and mobility disabilities in which people use mobility aides such as wheelchairs, crutches, canes, walkers and scooters.
Disabilities also include sensory disabilities, mental health disabilities and other invisible disabilities.
Concrete steps for change need to be implemented this year and into the next.
RyeACCESS is asking for this concrete goal:
1) A dedicated budget for an advertising campaign and monies for staffing to ensure a program which would establish an Accessibility Awareness Office specifically devoted to ensuring the Ryerson community knows about and implements a Accessible environment free from attitudinal barriers.
2) A dedicated budget to ensure further awareness of fire evacuation procedures for people with disabilities. Implementation should be include advertising campaigns and mandatory education seminars to be conducted each semester.
Fight for your legs - bring awareness to inaccessibility.
To deny accessibility may as well be to deny a fundamental right to education. One cannot separate one from the other, nor can one separate Canadian Constitutional jurisprudence from the issue at hand.
Looking towards the future is always beneficial and wise. However, the present facilities should take some priorities in order to bring an outdated facility up to date.
"Only through our efforts, can we truly make a difference." -Kelsey Turk www.myspace.com/kelseyturk
Accessibilities for all disabilities. Back-up escalators, back-up elavators, back-up washrooms. Even cranes when necessary.
All the old buildings need to become accessible. peoples attitudes need to change
I am told that education opens more doors to those who have it. Why,by your policies are you deciding who gets to have those doors opened?
