Funder: Accessibility Standards Canada
Project Webpage: Communication Access within the Accessible Canada Act
Duration: October 1, 2021 to March 31, 2023
IDRC is working to address communication access for people who have speech, language, and communication disabilities and differences. With advice from an advisory panel and Communication Disabilities Access Canada (CDAC), this project will focus on communication access within Federal government contexts.
The project defines Communication Access based on CDACs definition:
The project will address gaps in understanding the accessibility needs of people with communication disabilities and meeting diverse accessibility communication needs. This will be accomplished through two key tasks:
The research the IDRC conducts for this project is a qualitative, ethnographic approach and will build on past research conducted by CDAC. We will use both interviews and co-design with "the virtuous tornado" method, which asks, What are we missing? Who is still missing? to come up with the spectrum of needs.
Accessible Communication in Different Situations
Email: idrc@ocadu.ca
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