May 31 2019 65 mins
Rob and Ryan fly solo this week while Steve is out and welcome Amanda Tolson and Jenna Reed from En-Vision America to the show. We discuss En-Vision’s long standing presence in the Assistive Technology community, dive into everything we wanted to know about bar code scanning, and the importance of Accessible Prescription labeling solutions.
Show NotesAODA Alliance More Details on Amendments to ACA
https://www.aodaalliance.org/whats-new/more-specifics-on-the-amendments-to-bill-c-81-the-proposed-accessible-canada-act-that-the-senates-standing-committee-passed-and-that-we-want-the-house-of-commons-to-ratify-still-no-commitment-by/
Accessible Canada Act Could Become Law Next Month
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/canada-s-first-accessibility-bill-could-become-law-next-month-minister-1.4433709
CRTC calls for comments on Bell, Corus, Rogers proposed amendment to described video conditions
https://mobilesyrup.com/2019/03/12/crtc-amendments-call-comments-bell-corus-rogers/
En-Vision America
https://www.envisionamerica.com
En-Vision America Advocacy Page
https://www.envisionamerica.com/advocacy/
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