Nelson Régo from Cool Blind Tech brings us the latest news about assistive technology: A Japanese electronics manufacturer named Kyocera has launched a smart cane designed to help people safely navigate train platforms and other places. And a northern Alberta carpenter with a genetic condition that causes blindness says he has partially regained his sight after receiving experimental drug treatments in the United States. This is the February 18, 2020 show.

For our weekly news panel, reporters Michelle McQuigge and Meagan Gillmore join Dave to talk about the pipeline protests that are happening across Canada, in solidarity with the hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en Nation. The panel also talks about the significant increase in the number of so-called “personal-use” evictions in Toronto and elsewhere. Finally, the panel considers the case of a woman who says the Quebec government failed to make sure she received a proper education, as a child attending school in the ultra-Orthodox Hasidic community. In the second hour of the show, our movie critic Michael McNeely tells us about the film “Never Rarely Sometimes Always.” And Karen McKay from CELA tells us about the book “Disfigured,” about ableism in fairy tales. This is the February 14, 2020 show.

For today's Accessibility Story Roundup: due to statewide teacher shortages, many of California’s approximately 800,000 special education students are being taught by teachers who haven’t completed teacher preparation programs or have received only partial training. From the February 14, 2020 show.

Our movie critic Michael McNeely tells us about an independent film about a young woman travelling to New York City to get an abortion. From the February 14, 2020 show.

We talk about the protests that are happening at railway tracks, ports, and bridges across Canada, in solidarity with the hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en Nation. From the February 14, 2020 show.

There has been a significant increase in the number of so-called “personal-use” evictions in Toronto and elsewhere. We talk about why this is happening. From the February 14, 2020 show.

We consider the case of a woman who says the Quebec government failed to make sure she received a proper education, as a child attending school in the ultra-Orthodox Hasidic community. From the February 14, 2020 show.

Karen McKay from the Centre for Equitable Library Access tells us about the book “Disfigured,” by Amanda Leduc. From the February 14, 2020 show.

Community reporter Elizabeth Mohler tells us about a free snow removal service in Toronto for seniors and people with disabilities. She also talks about a clothing line that incorporates braille, and about accessibility problems with online banking. From the February 13, 2020 show.

We speak with Walrus magazine writer Meghan Bell, whose calls for a wealth tax aren’t going over well with her millionaire parents. We hear about the rise of artificial intelligence in medicine. AMI producer Dawn Dickinson tells us how British universities with satellite campuses in China are are reacting to the coronavirus outbreak. We speak with Shaun Preece from Double Tap Canada about Twitter’s announcement that it is rolling out alt text for animated GIFs. Community reporter Elizabeth Mohler tells us about a free snow removal service in Toronto for seniors and people with disabilities. And reporter Meagan Gillmore brings us an update on the consultations around accessibility legislation in BC. This is the February 13, 2020 show.