Accessibility

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood recounts the establishment of a theological state, Gilead, in place of the United States of America. Gilead uses the Bible to justify a misogynistic, hierarchical and racist society. Offred, the narrator, is a woman forced to become the “Handmaid” of a Gileadean Commander, Fred. Handmaids are supposedly a position of honour for fertile women; in reality, they are sex slaves, allowing only the leaders of Gilead to reproduce. In the novel, education is…

status and impairment that I chose to address while doing the shopping center assessment was a patron of the store using a wheelchair. Hastings was the store that I assessed for accessibility, maneuverability, and safety using the Americans with Disabilities Act criteria. The following 13 categories represent the Accessibility Audit Requirements (Pierson & Fairchild, 2008). Ramps and slopes: The front entrance of the building did have an accessible slope from the road way to the sidewalk;…

Public health and healthcare delivery systems complement and compete with each other in many ways. The main manner in which they complement each other is that they both have an end goal in mind of improving health in its entirety. They both implement education and community programs as well as attempt to develop policies and plans with either the individual or community in mind. Although they work together with the same end goals, they also compete against each other through their own personal…

policies and remove such barriers to ensure the equal participation of marginalized groups and individuals. I worked alongside the Equity Office on numerous projects including implementing the Accessibility Café series to discuss actions towards fostering accessibility that follows the requirements of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act…

MCAST strategic plan holds a number organizational objectives: 1)Train to train: Training Service for Staff 2)Increasing Flexibility, Accessibility, and Innovation to MCAST students 3)Create more inclusion to persons with special needs - Improve physical Access 4)Provide the best educational resources for all students Amongst the objectives in the strategic plan MCAST focuses on the importance of giving front-line services to students with special needs this goes in line with “A person with…

Digital Skills not only Prepare Better Workers but are also a Component of Citizenship and Social Justice. Digital skills is ideas, knowledges, and managements used in operating digital devices like smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktop PCs. Furthermore, it is classified in two ways: (i) technical skills that includes digital systems and tools, software applications, and system security; and (ii) information processing likes: information related to needs, access, integrate, apply,…

bottled water and tap water have their own benefits, such as bottled water with its accessibility and portability and tap water with accessibility and reduction of contaminants. However, these solutions for safe drinking water have been countered with their own concerns, such as unsustainable production and lack of purity. Hence, reusable filter water bottles were created to tackle the obstacles of contaminants, accessibility, and portability. An issue with both tap water and bottled water is…

4.2.2 Section B: Main factors Section B is the main part of the questionnaire survey to analyze the four factors of perception rail transportation. The reliability, accessibility, value added service, and cost is play the important role for the shipper to decide which type of mode is suitable to carry their cargo that fulfill all the cargo criteria. This question is focus on the level of rail freight transportation perception. 1. Reliability The reliability is the important transportation…

Rights (CROC) as “any human being below the age of eighteen years, unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier.” Whilst the aim behind this treaty is a valuable one, the effectiveness in enforcing it and ensuring accessibility for all can be thoroughly questioned. The Children’s court and the concept of Doli incapax are also mechanisms that have the equal goal of protecting rights for children, but again the efficiency of these means also need to be examined as to…

1.1 Introduction With heightened concerns about global climate change, energy consumption and carbon emissions, many countries all over the world have encouraged the public to choose public transportation rather than private vehicles to travel. In different modes of public transport, cycling increases in popularity in many cities, which brings healthy and environmental advantages(Goodman and Cheshire, 2014). Particularly for short distances in city, bicycle is regarded as an alternative…