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Accessible B.C. Act Standards
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Overview
Dates: May 31 to July 31, 2024
Who: Accessibility Directorate and the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction
What: Draft recommendations for accessible service delivery and employment accessibility standards
Where: Province-wide
Why: To help inform how government can remove and prevent barriers that restrict people with disabilities from equally participating in the workforce and accessing services in the community
How: Online questionnaire, virtual townhalls, community-led sessions, written submissions
Engagement summary
The Accessible B.C. Act establishes the legal authority for the Provincial Accessibility Committee (PAC) to develop accessibility standards in a range of areas. A standard is a set of rules or guidelines. Accessibility standards aim to provide guidance about best practices for accessibility, including desired accessibility outcomes.
Since January 2023, the PAC, with support from Technical Committees, has worked on drafting standards recommendations for accessible service delivery and employment accessibility.
Accessible service delivery standards are focused on addressing barriers both in the physical and virtual environment to ensure that events, activities, advice and the process of buying goods are provided in accessible ways.
Employment accessibility standards aim to identify, remove and prevent barriers to people with disabilities in hiring, training and retention.
Visit the engage site for more information.
Ways to participate
There are multiple ways for you to provide input. The following are opportunities for people, organizations, and advocates to contribute their perspective to the draft accessible service delivery and employment accessibility standards.
All feedback will inform the Provincial Accessibility Committee’s final recommendations.
Online questionnaire
Share your perspective and experiences through an online questionnaire. Available in six languages. Open to all British Columbians until July 31, 2024 at 4 pm.
Virtual regional townhalls
From June 11 to June 27, 2024, the Accessibility Directorate will hold a series of virtual regional townhalls to collect input. American Sign Language (ASL) and Communications Access Realtime Translation (CART) will be available for all townhall sessions.
Community-led sessions
Indigenous organizations and partners, community organizations, or organizations representing an equity group can apply for fundingto host small group roundtable using a provided conversation toolkit. Funding applications must be submitted by June 30, 2024.
Written submissions
All British Columbians, including persons with an impairment and/or persons living with disabilities, advocates, business and industry groups, and Indigenous communities and organizations are invited to submit their input before July 31, 2024 at 4 pm.
Please consider using the online questionnaire if you would like a simpler option to share your input.