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What is the Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation (IASR)?

A. A legal code for human rights
B. Part of AODA
C. Governs accessibility standards in Ontario
D. All of the above

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The Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation is part of AODA, is related to human rights, and sets out rules for Ontario's accessibility standards. Examples such as sidewalk ramps and Braille signs fall under both accommodation requirements and forms of accessibility for people with disabilities.

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The Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation (IASR) is indeed part of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and governs accessibility standards in Ontario. The IASR is designed to create a barrier-free Ontario by 2025 by setting out the rules that organizations in Ontario must follow to identify, remove, and prevent barriers for people with disabilities, including in areas such as information and communications, employment, transportation, and the design of public spaces.

As an example, sidewalk ramps and Braille signs are forms of accessibility for people with disabilities and are also accommodations required by similar legislation in the United States, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). So the correct answer to the question about the IASR would be D. All of the above, as it is a part of AODA, as well as a legal code that relates to human rights and governs accessibility standards in Ontario. Likewise, the correct answer for the example question regarding sidewalk ramps and Braille signs would be d. both b and c.

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