{"id":6898,"date":"2023-05-26T10:03:45","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T17:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prn.bc.ca\/?page_id=6898"},"modified":"2023-11-07T13:41:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T21:41:36","slug":"accessibility","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.prn.bc.ca\/district\/accessibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the Accessible BC Act our school district has made available a form at the bottom of this page for members of the public that interact with us to provide feedback about accessibility in our organization.<\/p>\n<p>The Accessible British Columbia Act aims to support the identification, prevention, and removal of barriers that people with disabilities face in their day-to-day lives. \u200b<\/p>\n<h2>Key themes of the act:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"720\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Breaking down barriers\u200b.<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"720\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Advancing human rights\u200b.<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"720\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Promoting fairness and equity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Themes specific to Education:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"720\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Increased visibility of those with disabilities\u200b.<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"720\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Public education campaigns to include those with disabilities in the education system\u200b.<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"720\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Development of targeted education and training programs\u200b.<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"720\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Increased integration in schools\u200b.<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"720\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Focus on accessibility, empathy and sensitivity training.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Important Definitions from the Act<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Disability:<\/strong> <span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">An inability to participate fully and equally in society\u00a0as a result of\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">interaction of an impairment and a barrier<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Barrier:<\/strong> <span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Essentially, anything that hinders the full and equal participation in society of\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">a person with an impairment.<\/span>\u200b<\/p>\n<p><strong>Impairment:<\/strong> <span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">A physical, sensory, mental, intellectual, or cognitive impairment which is\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">permanent, temporary, or episodic.\u00a0<\/span>\u200b<\/p>\n<h2>What are examples of barriers to accessibility?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"720\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Attitudinal: when people think, and act based upon false assumptions\u200b.<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"720\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Physical: when obstacles in an environment make access difficult\u200b.<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"720\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Information or Communication: when people with disabilities are excluded because they use other ways to communicate.<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"720\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Systemic: when an organization\u2019s policies, practices and procedures result in exclusion\u200b.<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"720\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Technology: when technology can\u2019t be accessed by people with disabilities\u200b.<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"720\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Sensory: when sensory information such as lights, sounds, smells, etc. prevent participation in the environment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Plan<\/h2>\n<p>Jointly developed with districts in Northern British Columbia, School ΎΓΎΓΊθ΄«Γ½ 60&#8217;s accessibility plan is included below. A Feedback mechanism where you can provide feedback to our advisory committee as well as on the plan is available below the following PDF.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prn.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/Northern-BC-School-ΎΓΎΓΊθ΄«Γ½-Accessibility-Plan-Final-Accessible-13Jul2023.pdf\">Northern BC School ΎΓΎΓΊθ΄«Γ½ Accessibility Plan-Final Accessible-13Jul2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Feedback Mechanism<\/h2>\n<p>The feedback we receive will be shared with both our Accessibility Advisory Committee and our Accessibility Working Group. We will also share feedback to relevant department or school leaders. Staff are welcome to use this form and are reminded if they need an accommodation to connect with their supervisor and human resources separately from the feedback form.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/hB46wEFvHp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Feedback Form<\/a><\/h4>\n<h2>What are other sources of information about the Accessible BC Act?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca\/civix\/document\/id\/complete\/statreg\/21019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Legislation &#8211; Accessible BC Act<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca\/civix\/document\/id\/complete\/statreg\/105_2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Regulation &#8211; Accessible BC Act<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bcaccessibilityhub.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BC Accessibility Hub<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the Accessible BC Act our school district has made available a form at the bottom of this page for members of the public that interact with us to provide feedback about accessibility in our organization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":16,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.4.1 - 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