Human Resources committee  I'll say very quickly that in the federal government, one of the things that would really assist departments in the hiring of people with disabilities, which they've been required to do under the Employment Equity Act, would be a central area in which they could draw on accommoda

Human Resources committee  I would echo that there is no cluster--and I know you don't mean this--there are no blind jobs any more than there are jobs for people with disabilities. The VP of Disneyland in France is visually impaired.

Human Resources committee  Of that age group, of the 18-to-64 age group, 20% of them are post-secondary graduates, college or university, compared with 23% in the regular population. That's why we're saying that educational attainment is nearing the norm, but that labour market attachment, if I can use tha

Human Resources committee  It's an impressive number, but understand that it's a low-incident disability, so that 20% may represent under 1,000 actual people, if you follow me.

Human Resources committee  The challenge is always access to print. Almost everything else is relatively easily surmountable--how to find your classroom, etc. There's mobility training for that. But the challenge always is timely access to the print material, particularly if a professor is changed; they're

Human Resources committee  Thank you. Just as an additional fact to add to the brief we presented to you, according to the Government of Canada's own report in the year 2005, 80% of all the money spent on disability was spent on income support. We would maintain that this is unnecessary. With the appropri

Human Resources committee  Thank you.