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Guide to Woodsworth’s Accommodation Policy for Disabilities

The aim of accommodation is to remove barriers and ensure equality.

This guide gives an overview of what you have to do to request accommodation for your disability.

If you prefer, paper copies of this guide are available in the photocopy room on the second floor or from staff.

Guide to Woodsworth’s Accommodation Policy

For easy reading, each of the two pages appears separately.

On the grey bar at the bottom of each page, there is a toolbar. Use the toolbar to see that page full screen, increase the font size, or download the document to your own device.

Use the grey toolbar. You can open the document in full screen.  Click on this.

 

or download the document to your own device. Click on this icon with the down arrow.

 

There are also copies of this pamphlet in the Photocopy Room.

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Woodsworth’s policy and procedure

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Woodsworth’s Accommodation Policy

Procedure for the Accommodation Policy

Forms

Woodsworth has designed forms for applying for accommodation for disabilities, for medical documentation to support your request, and a form so that you can designate someone to help you with the accommodation procedure if you wish.

The forms are online and they are also available from Management and in the Photocopy Room.

https://www.woodsworthcoop.ca/index.php/accommodation-for-disabilities-request-forms/

Resources

Accessibility in Woodsworth Housing Co-op, a resource document.
Available in large font size and usual.

Background

Woodsworth’s Human Rights Bylaw #70

Background on the Human Rights Bylaw

Making Woodsworth accessible: Policy

Ontario

Ontario Human Rights Code

Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario

In Case of Emergency Information Sheet

The attached sheet from Toronto paramedics gives any emergency responders the necessary information they need to help you. The In Case of Emergency information sheet gives your particular needs, including contact information for your healthcare provider(s), caregiver(s), or personal attendant(s), and other emergency contact numbers including your veterinarian, and a detailed list of all prescriptions and medications.

Fill in as little or as much as you wish.

Whether you choose to make use of this or not is your choice. There is no co-op requirement to do this.
It is only a suggestion from the Strategies for Staying committee.

To fill it in on your computer before printing it, click on the down arrow with the paper icon which isn on the right side, just below the form. Then use the print function of your browser (File menu).

If  you will fill it in by hand, click on the down arrow first. Then use the print function of your browser.

If you are having trouble with the document, go to Toronto safety resources       Click on the printer icon beside the English ICE Sheet. Note that you will have to fill it in by hand after printing.

Applying for an Accommodation for your Disability

S4S (Strategies for Staying) Committee has written a pamphlet on Woodsworth’s accommodation procedures.  It gives an overview of what you have to do to request an accommodation for your disability.

The pamphlet will be available in print in the 2nd floor photocopy room, in a plastic hanging sleeve near the door to the inner office.

It is also available online – click on Accessibility on the home page menu.

And for your convenience, here it is as well!

https://www.woodsworthcoop.ca/index.php/guide-to-woodsworths-accommodation-policy/

Forms:  https://www.woodsworthcoop.ca/index.php/accommodation-for-disabilities-request-forms/