Advisory Committee For Persons With Disabilities

•General Information

•Membership

•Agendas & Minutes

•Terms of Reference

•Links

The Advisory Committee is endeavoring to ensure that these pages conform to the WAI Guidelines. If you have any difficulties with these pages, please e-mail webmaster@halifax.ca

General Information

The Advisory Committee for Persons with Disabilities was established pursuant to s.11(4) of the Halifax Regional Municipality Act S.N.S.1995, c.3 to advise and assist Council to facilitate and to promote the access and accessibility of all citizens to their community including municipal government, programs and services. Accessibility for this purpose meaning the removal of all barriers confronting citizens with disabilities, including attitudinal barriers.

The HRM Advisory Committee for Persons with Disabilities meets every third Monday of the month at 4:00 pm, in Halifax Hall - main floor, Halifax City Hall, 1841 Argyle Street.

Membership

Links

• Abilities Foundation Nova Scotia
• Access-A-Bus
• Active Living Alliance For Canadians with a Disability
• Canadian Association of Independent Living Centres
• Canadian National Institute for the Blind
• Canadian Paraplegic Association Nova Scotia
• Canine Companions for Independence
• Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada
• Nova Scotia Community Organizations Network

Information about Multiple Chemical Sensitivities

• Nova Scotia Allergy and Environmental Health Association
• American Academy of Environmental Medicine
• Environmental Health Centre Dallas
• North Caroline Chemical Injury Network
• University of Edinburgh
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Accessible Web Page Design

• Halifax Regional Municipality Web Accessibility Standards
• Web Accessibility Initiative
• WAI Reference List on Web Accessibility