Recent Publications
This page includes articles, position papers, fact sheets, and continuing legal education materials developed by ARCH. If you require any of these materials in alternate formats, please contact ARCH.
Articles and Position Papers
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June 29, 2007ARCH released a report entitled "Assistive Devices in Canada: Ensuring Inclusion and Independence". The report provides essential information to persons with disabilities about the rules that govern the safety, availability, reliability and cost of assistive devices in Canada. The report also provides suggestions for policy reform that...
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October 1, 2006This paper was commissioned by the Canadian Council for the Disabled (CCD) and the Canadian Association for Community Living (CACL) for which Phyllis Gordon was the primary writer. It was presented at the End Exclusion meetings held in Ottawa in November 2006. The paper considers what a Federal Disability Act might look like and what its reach...
Continuing Legal Education Materials
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November 1, 2009This report summarizes the procedures available to people with capacity issues before selected administrative tribunals in Ontario. It sets out a variety of law reform options. The Report is written for the use by tribunals, policy makers, and organizations that represent people with disabilities. Addressing the Capacity of Parties before Ontario...
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October 1, 2009This Guide offers concrete strategies and options to lawyers representing people with capacity issues before administrative boards and tribunals.
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April 1, 2009This article is intended to be a resource for lawyers on representing clients who have disabilities. It contains a discussion of the concept of disability in jurisprudence and legislation, the applicability of the Law Society of Upper Canada’s Rules of Professional Conduct to clients with disabilities and practical considerations for...
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November 1, 2003This paper was prepared for a November 2003 continuing legal education program titled ‘A Disability Law Primer’. It reviews some central concepts regarding capacity and provides a practical starting point for lawyers in determining whether their clients have capacity to instruct.
Fact Sheets
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December 1, 2008Two fact sheets which contain information for people who use or have used mental health services and supports. One fact sheet provides information about human rights and the right to be free from discrimination. It also describes some options for taking action if you think you have been discriminated against. The other fact sheet provides...
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June 1, 2008A series of three fact sheets on assistive devices for people with disabilities. The fact sheets provide details about the Ontario government’s Assistive Devices Program, other funding options for devices that are not covered by the Assistive Devices Program, and describe some options for taking action when there are problems with an...
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December 1, 2007These fact sheets provide tips on how to interact with people in a manner that best accommodates their disability. Since each person’s disability and accommodation needs are unique, the tips are general information only. These fact sheets were produced as a result of years of collaboration between ARCH and the Law Society of Upper Canada,...
Workshops
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September 1, 2009ARCH staff lawyers attended the 2nd international conference at the University of Warsaw, Poland entitled ‘Education for All’. Our presentation discussed a human rights approach to education and ways in which universal design can be incorporated into the delivery of education services.
