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Annual Accessibility Plan
The purpose of the Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2001 (ODA) is to improve opportunities for people with disabilities and to provide for their involvement in the identification, removal and prevention of barriers to their full participation in the life of the province. To this end, the ODA requires each hospital to prepare an annual accessibility plan; to consult with persons with disabilities in the preparation of this plan; and to make the plan public.
This is the second annual plan (2004-2005) prepared by the Accessibility Working Group of the
Hôpital Général de Hawkesbury & District General Hospital Inc. (HGH). The plan describes:
(1) the measures that the HGH has taken in the past, and (2) the measures that the HGH will take
during the year 2004-2005 to identify, remove and prevent barriers to people with disabilities
who live, work in or use the facilities and services of the HGH, including patients and their
family members, staff, health care practitioners, volunteers and members of the community.
This year, the HGH committed itself to the continuous improvement of access to hospital
facilities, policies, programs, practices and services for patients and their family members, staff,
health care practitioners, volunteers and members of the community with disabilities; the
participation of persons with disabilities in the development and review of its annual
accessibility plans; and the provision of quality services to all patients and their family members
and members of the community with disabilities.
The Accessibility Working Group identified 13 barriers to persons with disabilities that will be
addressed in 2004-2005.
A summary of the barriers that were corrected during the period of 2003-2004 is provided.
Major improvements have been accomplished and we plan to continue this process on an annual
basis.
Read the Complete Accessibility Plan
You can download the complete Annual Accessibility Plan by clicking on the links below:
These documents are in Acrobat Reader (PDF) format.
If you do not have Acrobat Reader, you can obtain it free of charge at www.adobe.com.
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