Disability in the Canadian Academy
James Deaville, Carleton University, Member of the Federation’s Equity and Diversity Steering Committee
According to the revised version of the Ontarians with Disabilities Act from 2005 (originally drafted in 2001),
“disability” means,
(a) any degree of physical disability, infirmity, malformation or disfigurement that is caused by bodily injury, birth defect or illness and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes diabetes mellitus, epilepsy, a brain injury, any degree of paralysis, amputation, lack of physical co-ordination, blindness or visual impediment, deafness or hearing impediment, muteness or speech impediment, or physical reliance on a guide dog or other animal or on a wheelchair or other remedial appliance or device,...