ACCESSIBILITY

Chestnut Park (“we” “us” “our”) recognize that the Government of Ontario supports the full inclusion of persons with disabilities as set out in the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, as may be amended from time to time (“AODA”). AODA’s goal is to create a more accessible Ontario, by identifying, and to the extent possible, preventing and eliminating barriers experienced by persons with disability. This policy (the “Accessibility Policy”) establishes policies, practices and procedures relating to our provision of services to persons with disabilities, their representatives and other third parties.
 
We are committed to being in compliance with the customer service standard of AODA and to providing services that are accessible, and delivered in a manner that:

• respects the dignity and independence of persons with disabilities.
• ensures that our provision of products and/or services to persons with disabilities and others are integrated unless an alternate measure is necessary, whether temporarily or on a permanent basis, to enable a person with a disability to obtain, use, or benefit from our products and/or services.
• ensures that persons with disabilities are given an opportunity equal to that given to others to obtain, use and benefit from our products and/or services.

 
We will therefore implement the following procedures and practices:

• when communicating with a person with a disability, the communication will be done in such a manner to take into consideration the person’s disability.
• persons with disabilities who are accompanied by either a support person or a service animal are permitted on our premises.
• notice will be provided when a known disruption will likely affect persons with disabilities.
• persons with disabilities are free to use their assistive devices.
• individuals are free to provide feedback on how we provide products and/or services to persons with disabilities by contacting us by using the contact information set out below.

 
TRAINING
 
We provide training to employees, volunteers, independent contractors and other staff members on Ontario’s accessibility laws and on the Human Rights Code as it relates to people with disabilities. Training is provided in a way that best suits the duties of the individual. Revised training will be provided in the event of changes to AODA and/or our Accessibility Policy.
 
COMMUNICATION
 
We will communicate with persons with disabilities in ways that take into account their disability. We will train employees, volunteers and any other people who interact with the public on our behalf on how to interact and communicate with people with various types of disabilities. We encourage you to identify accessibility needs when communicating and interacting with us.
 
ASSISTIVE DEVICES
 
We are committed to enabling persons with disabilities, who use assistive devices, to obtain, access and use our services. Persons with disabilities may use their assistive devices as needed when accessing our services.
 
SERVICE ANIMINALS AND SUPPORT PERSONS
 
Persons with disabilities may bring their service animal on the parts of our premises that are open to the public or other third parties, except where the animal is excluded by law. If the service animal is excluded by law, reasonable steps will be taken to accommodate the person with a disability on a case by case basis, such as meeting the person in a different part of the premises.
 
Persons with disabilities may be accompanied by a support person. When a support person is required, the support person will be permitted to accompany the person with a disability on the parts of our premises that are open to the public. The support person may be required to sign in with his/her name, address, identification, and name of the accompanied person with a disability. At no time will a person with a disability who is accompanied by a support person be prevented from having access to his/her support person while on our premises.
 
ACCESSIBLE DOCUMENT FORMATS
 
Within a reasonable time, following request by a person with a disability, we will take steps to make documents available in a format that is accessible to that person, unless it is not technically feasible to do so.
 
NOTICE OF TEMPORARY DISRUPTIONS
 
We will provide notice in the event of a planned or unexpected disruption in the facilities or services usually used by persons with disabilities. This notice will include information with respect to the reason for the disruption, how long the disruption is expected to last, and a description of any alternative facilities or services if available. The notice will be posed in a conspicuous place on the premises.
 
CONTACT US
 
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the way we provide services to persons with disabilities, please contact us at:

We will endeavour to provide response and/or documents requested in a format that is accessible to the complainant, acting reasonably.
 
We are committed to ensuring that this Accessibility Policy, our practices and procedures respect and promote the dignity and independence of all persons with disabilities. Therefore, no changes will be made to this Accessibility Policy before considering the impact on persons with disabilities.
 
Updated: October, 2023