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Organizer	ARCH Disability Law Centre
Title	Join ARCH on December 2nd to Celebrate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Category	Accessibility
Location	Toronto, Ontario
Date	December 2, 2016
Telephone	416-482-8255
E-mail
Web site	http://www.archdisabilitylaw.ca/ARCH_IDPD_Celebration_Dec_2_2016
Description	Join ARCH on December 2nd to Celebrate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities Invites you to Celebrate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities Featuring A discussion of Disability Rights and Health Justice and the launch of Dr. Jeff Nisker�s novel Patiently Waiting For . . . DATE: Friday December 2, 2016 TIME: Book Signing 1:30 � 2:30 pm Room 303 Presentation 3:00 � 5:00 pm Room 310 LOCATION: Metro Hall, 55 John Street (at King Street West) Speakers: � Dr. Jeff Nisker, Physician, Ethics Researcher and Author � Julie Devaney, Patient Expert, Author and Performer � Johanna Macdonald, Staff Lawyer, ARCH Disability Law Centre, Onsite Lawyer, Health Justice Partnership � Moderator: Dr. Nav Persaud, Physician, Researcher Space is Limited - Please RSVP by November 17th, 2016 to Theresa at: scibert@lao.on.ca / 1-866-482-2724 ext. 2229 / TTY 1-866-482-2728 ASL, captioning and attendant services will be provided. For other accommodations please contact Theresa by November 17, 2016. We will take photos for ARCH�s website, social media and print material. Metro Hall is a physically accessible building. All ARCH events are scent-free. Please do not wear perfumes, aftershave, or use products with fragrances or essential oils. PATIENTLY WAITING FOR� By Jeff Nisker Patiently Waiting For... is the story of the indomitable, feisty and subversive Ruth, who, having quadriplegia, longs to access a wider world through use of available software and a computer. She decides to almost run over, with her power chair, a physician who is also a writer of health-related social justice plays and ask him to write her story. What results is this powerful indictment of the inequality of care and diminishing access to accommodation that has widened the divide between those who can afford to pay for health promotion and care and those who cannot. All royalties will be donated to organizations workiing for the accommodation the central character was denied. ARCH Disability Law Centre, as a specialty legal clinic with a provincial mandate, undertakes to achieve this Vision by: � Ensuring our work has Ontario wide impact focusing on, identifying and removing systemic barriers � Addressing issues that have an impact on low income people with disabilities, including the root causes of poverty � Empowering people with disabilities � Being recognized as experts in the law as it affects people with disabilities � Addressing the heightened disadvantage, marginalization and exclusion faced by people with disabilities by reason of factors such as gender, race, age, language, economic status and sexual orientation. ARCH Disability Law Centre 55 University Avenue 15th Floor Toronto, ON M5J 2H7 Telephone: 416-482-8255 Tel. Toll-free: 1-866-482-2724 TTY: 416-482-1254 TTY Toll-free: 1-866-482-2728 Fax: 416-482-2981 Fax Toll-free: 1-866-881-2723 Email: archlib@lao.on.ca http://www.archdisabilitylaw.ca/

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