Under the Duty to Accommodate, employers and service providers are required to accommodate the needs of people with disabilities to ensure equal opportunities, equal access, and can enjoy similar benefits. Services must be designed inclusively and adapted to accommodate people with disabilities in a way that promotes integration and full participation.
Webinar outcomes to participants:
Understand how human rights laws apply to protect the rights of people with disabilities
Recognize and understand principles of accommodation
Examine forms of accommodation and provide examples of accommodation
Awareness of the duties and responsibilities of people involved in the accommodation process
Guest Speaker: Andrew Robb
Andrew Robb is the managing lawyer of the Disability Law Clinic at Disability Alliance BC. The Disability Law Clinic is the first community legal clinic in BC that focuses on disability rights law.
