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Promoting Disability Accommodation
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This Guide has been written for legally-trained individuals who have a disability, for people and organizations that help to educate and train lawyers, and generally for professionals involved in promoting disability accommodation. Among those who participated in surveys, focus groups, professional roundtables and other kinds of interviews were law students, law graduates, lawyers, law teachers, legal education administrators and law/bar society officials. The list of individuals and organizations would be overly lengthy if we named everyone, and in many instances people preferred to make their contributions confidentially. We wish to thank collectively those who took the time to provide information, recommendations, illustrative anecdotes and examples, and tips for coping with the pressures one can encounter while studying or working in the realm of law.
Sincere appreciation is extended to the many administrative and teaching staff who answered our barrage of questions, at faculties of law, bar admission programmes, law societies, continuing legal education organizations and universities. Among those persons, further recognition is deserved for those involved with the implementation of disability accommodations and with developing the required policies and frameworks. Many of the aforementioned individuals also performed the valuable role of informing potential interviewees about our project. We located interested respondents through many channels, but this indirect method was the main manner of contacting the people who then participated in surveys and focus groups. All of us were and are determined to respect the confidentiality rights of individuals who have sought or received disability accommodations.
During the planning and realization of the guidebook, it was reassuring for the Principal Author to be able to seek counsel from knowledgeable advisors, including those associated with Reach and others with relevant expertise situated in all regions of Canada. I thank them, as a group, on behalf of those who will benefit from consulting this guidebook.
Individuals with disabilities were well represented in the development team for this volume. Not everyone involved has a disability, but among the team of lawyers, law students and others who contributed, persons with disabilities made up a strong proportion. Those studying, teaching or practising law, (with or without having to work around a disability), were able to draw upon personal knowledge to help ensure that the guidebook is practical and realistic as a resource.
Language translation services for the guidebook were provided by Laurentin Levesque. (Translation assistance for the surveys was provided by bilingual project researchers and volunteers). Shari Symons assisted the Editor with word processing and formatting.
Funding Support: Key funding for this guidebook and for its related research was provided by the Social Development Partnerships Program, Human Resources Development Canada.
Disclaimer: The findings were determined by the Principal Author, with input from the Associate Writers. These findings do not necessarily represent the views of Reach, and are not intended to represent the views of Human Resources Development Canada.
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