The Canadian Disability Policy Alliance’s first accessibility initiative was developed as a self -assessment tool that physicians and administrators could use to ensure their practices were fully accessible. The guidelines outlined in this checklist are based on research conducted jointly by the Centre for Health Services & Policy Research and the Centre for Studies in Primary Care at Queen’s University. The tool is… Read more »
An example of the Learning Collaborative methodology in action was the CDPA’s Health services team’s initiative to enhance accessibility in Ontario’s Family Health Teams. Working with our partners at Spinal Cord Injury Ontario, we reached out to 186 Family Health Teams and 25 Nurse Practitioner-led clinics to ensure that they were meeting their obligations under the Accessibility for Ontarians with… Read more »
2020 McColl, M.A. (2020). Definitions of disability in Canadian disability policy. Canadian Disability Policy Alliance. McColl, M.A., & Jones, S. (2020). Government Offices Most Responsible for Disability Issues across Canada. Canadian Disability Policy Alliance. 2019 McColl, M.A., Gitterman, A., & Goldowitz, D. (2019). Knowledge translation from disability studies to policy makers: Literature review and expert consultation. Canadian Journal of Disability… Read more »
In order to conduct the work of the CDPA, five accessibility measure have been developed and validated. The Accessible Elections Checklist was developed by David Shannon and Mary Ann McColl for a study of electoral accessibility in Ontario. The Community Integration Measure was developed by Mary Ann McColl and colleagues for studies of overall participation in community living for people with disabilities. The Main Street… Read more »
Despite the recent focus on primary care reform, adults with physical disabilities continue to experience difficulties with access to primary care. The current initiative to improve access to Family Health Teams in Ontario for people with mobility impairments was launched jointly by the CDPA, Queen’s University Centre for Health Services & Policy Research, the Canadian Paraplegic Association Ontario, and the Primary… Read more »
