Speakers Corner: Does Toronto have an accessibility problem?

People who use wheelchairs to get around point out a glaring example of how Ontario is nowhere near its goal to be “fully accessible” by 2025.

[b]

don't even get me started on businesses with power door openers for accessibility that don't work. goes on for months and months before they get fixed, sometimes they aren't even broken, just turned off.

[isabellagamk]

All TTC Subway Station platforms should have 2 elevators that go straight up to street level. The current elevators break down constantly leaving disabled people with no choice but to get back on tge Subway and go to another subway station and hope the elevator there is working so they can exit the TTC and then they have to use surface streets to get back to where they intended to get off the Subway. It adds time and if a disabled person relies on TTC to get to work it makes them late when the elevators don't work. TTC should have planned better and installed 2 elevators instead of just one when they were installing them. The TTC has a very shortsighted vision of the future.

[markae]

So the entrance just needs one of those wooden ramps that are exampled in the video, with a minor alteration of a half round cut into the top piece, It is doable.

[elena]

Accesability is a big issue, can't go into stores, have to wait for some body to get the item for you while you wait outside. Can't use fast food/ restaurant washrooms. Can't use public transportation. No available parking space for the disabled, some other buildings aren't accessible. On and on issues with Accesability. Accesabilty is such big issue that no one sees until it's your turn.

[jade_mouseydark]

They can build a wide entrance with a ramp ? and one or two vacent seats for wheelchair access ? or redo the entire Tim's building ?? Customers are right :)

[christinerobertson]

Same story I am denied to go to restaurants myself because mom and dad are making dinner for me like I like after I like to go to restaurants on my own like after after Bollywood dancing, I’d like to go to restaurants

[TentaclePentacle]

Toronto have an affordability problem.

[Dictone-kgtq]

Accessibility should only be recommend and not legally required, since at what point does it stop? Should they add braile to their menus? Should all staff be required to learn French, Spanish, Chinese, and Arabic? Should all signs be dyslexia friendly? Should they hire sign language interpreters next to the cashiers? Actually, why didn't the disability guy have a sign language interpreter in his zoom call? Very ableist