Final Proposed Accessible Built Environment Standards
September 2010

This is an alert from OPC Inc's Sr Accessibility Consultant Olga Dosis
Re: Posting of Final Proposed Accessible Built Environment Standards

NOTICE: 
The Final Proposed Accessible Built Environment Standard, as part of
the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, has now
been posted on the Ministry of Community and Social Services'
website. 

The final proposed standard was developed by an external Accessible
Built Environment Standards Development Committee (ABE-SDC). 
This external committee included representatives from the disability
community as well as the public and private sectors. 

The initial proposed standard was released for its mandatory public
review period from July 14, 2009 to October 16, 2009.  The committee
then revised the initial proposed standard to reflect the public's input
resulting in the Final Proposed Accessible Built Environment Standard. 
The final proposed standard has now been submitted to the
government for consideration, it is not law.

For OPC client's interested in learning more about the ABE-SDC's final proposed standard may want to attend the talks Olga and Jane are delivering on this topic at the upcoming IIDEX-NEOCON event next week or the Schedule II Employers Conference the last week in September. (Please see www.optimalperformance.ca or our blog to learn more about these and other talks being delivered by OPC Inc. www.opctoday.blogspot.com. Feel free to contact Olga Dosis or Jane Sleeth at OPC Inc 416-860-0002)