Individuals with mental health issues often experience discrimination and harassment in employment, education, and everyday settings. ARCH Disability Law Centre is a legal aid clinic that defends the rights of individuals with disabilities. ARCH (2008) defined discrimination as “being treated unfairly and differently because of your race, sex, marital status, place of origin, age or disability.” Harassment, a form discrimination, involves “actions, comments or insults that put you down or offend you” (ARCH, 2008). The Ontario Human Rights Code strives to protect individuals from discrimination and harassment. ARCH (2008) emphasized that the Code includes mental disability as a condition that is protected from discrimination. Additionally, the Canadian Human Rights Act protects from discrimination by federal employers and service providers, and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects from discrimination by laws and government actions (ARCH, 2008). Other protections, such as anti-discrimination policies and community legal clinics, also strive to
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The Ontario Human Rights Code infers that schools “need to make sure they are accessible to students with disabilities” (ARCH, 2008). However, a professor cannot be prohibited from assigning projects that may cause hardship for students with social anxiety or other mental health issues. Rather, it is a student’s responsibility to inform a professor of their disability and request accommodation, if necessary. The professor should accept this request in “good faith” and implement necessary accommodations (Ontario Human Rights Commission, 2016). Perhaps, in this situation, to diminish the hardship of the assignment, the student could present the oral assignment to only the professor, rather than to the whole class. A professor and student should adopt a practical solution when accommodations are
The Ontario Human Rights Code infers that schools “need to make sure they are accessible to students with disabilities” (ARCH, 2008). However, a professor cannot be prohibited from assigning projects that may cause hardship for students with social anxiety or other mental health issues. Rather, it is a student’s responsibility to inform a professor of their disability and request accommodation, if necessary. The professor should accept this request in “good faith” and implement necessary accommodations (Ontario Human Rights Commission, 2016). Perhaps, in this situation, to diminish the hardship of the assignment, the student could present the oral assignment to only the professor, rather than to the whole class. A professor and student should adopt a practical solution when accommodations are