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WHAT IS RAMP?
The Realize an Accessible Montreal Project is:
- Stories from people with disabilities (click link here)
about personal experiences with accessibility in Montreal. Barriers
that keep us from living a full and inclusive life: physical, social,
sensory, intellectual, emotional.
- Photos and reports (click link here) about these barriers, plus solutions
- Two Resource Directories. One of groups (click link here) working to break down barriers, the other of physical resources (click link here). Most resources are in Montreal, but there are national ones as well.
Image: QPIRG/GRIP, Quebec Public Interest Research Group logo. Black dandelion on burgundy circle.
Realize an Accessible Montreal Project is a research project designed and implemented by Reisa Stone.
It is sponsored by QPIRG: the Quebec Public Interest Research Group, funded by Concordia University, Montreal.
Below are links to the Canadian and Quebec Charters of Rights, and the Canadians with Disabilities Act.
Bill C-81: An Act to Ensure a Barrier Free Canada passed on June 21st, 2019. Also known as Canada's Disability Act. Full text: click this link. This Act has teeth to enforce what is already enshrined in the Canadian and Quebec Charters of Human Rights.
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in regards to people with disabilities. Click this link
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in regards to people with disabilities. Click this link
The Quebec Charter of Rights and Freedoms in regards to people with disabilities. Click this link, scroll down to Article 10.
Quebec Legis E-20.1: Act to secure handicapped persons in the exercise of their rights with a view to achieving social, school and workplace integration (click link)
Quebec Legis E-20.1: Act to secure handicapped persons in the exercise of their rights with a view to achieving social, school and workplace integration (click link)
Each point below is a clickable link that will take you to a page on its topic:
- Our Stories: first person descriptions of barriers faced by people with disabilities in Montreal, and our proposed solutions
- Barriers: photos and descriptions
- Advocacy Groups: contact these groups for information, assistance, solidarity, gatherings and actions
- Resources: local resources for your physical and social needs, as well as free or low cost disability supports that can be found in Montreal or on the Internet
- Articles: related to disability issues
Below are 3 images, vertically displayed, of accessibility symbols.
Picture above: Universal accessibility symbols. Wheelchair & cane users, Braille, sign language, CC, TTY, hearing impairment.
Text: RAMP, Realize an Accessible Montreal Project
Picture above: Apparently able bodied person standing. Casts shadow of person in wheelchair.
Text: Not every disability is visible.
Picture above: new accessibility symbol. Person in wheelchair actively pushes wheels, leaning forward.
Text: Disability Rights are Civil Rights
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