Visitor Restriction Policy Discriminated Against Child with Disabilities

Congratulations to ARCH Disability Law Centre for bringing an important case to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, which found that a visitor restriction policy discriminated against a child with disabilities. The decision in JL v Empower Simcoe, 2021 underscores the obligation of a service provider to be flexible when deciding on the safety of others to the specific need or accommodation of one of its residents, even during a pandemic. See link below for more details.

https://archdisabilitylaw.ca/for-immediate-release-human-rights-tribunal-of-ontario-finds-that-visitor-restriction-policy-discriminated-against-child-with-disabilities/