AccessibleBC Plan Removes Barriers
The B.C. Government’s new accessibility plan, AccessibleBC, outlines how provincial ministries will embed accessibility and inclusion in their work and services over the next three years.
The AccessibleBC plan lists five priority areas for government to identify, remove, and prevent barriers to participation for people with disabilities:
creating a culture of accessibility and inclusion;
information and communication;
buildings, infrastructure and public spaces;
employment in the B.C. public service; and
delivery of goods and services.
Implementation of the act is ongoing, with government now set to begin developing two new standards, the Accessible Employment Standard and the Accessible Service-Delivery Standard.
Development of accessibility standards will be guided by the overall objective to identify, remove, and prevent barriers that impede full and equal participation by people with disabilities. Barriers include environments, attitudes, practices, policies, information, communications, and technologies and can be compounded by intersecting forms of discrimination.
