The Canadian Disabilities Act shall take precedence over any other laws, rules, or policies that provide disabled individuals fewer rights and safeguards. For Canadians with disabilities, a barrier-free Canada is the goal of the disability act.

1. A Guide to Canadian Disabilities Act
What is Canadian Disabilities Act (CDA)?
In 2015, a firm commitment was made by the Canadian government for creating federal legislation
that guarantees the rights of Canadian disabled citizens across the country. A cohesive federal
framework is established by the Canadian disabilities act that ensures the rights of Canadian
disabled citizens are not prevented at any cost.
The following are the principles of the Canadian disabilities act:
1. A barrier-free Canada: The objective of CDA is to achieve a barrier-free Canada for disabled
Canadian citizens. Upon proclamation, the implementation will begin immediately to ensure that all

2. disabled Canadian citizens are provided with equal opportunities. These citizens should be able to
participate in all aspects based on their merit.
2. Applicable to the entire disabled community: This act applies to all disabled citizens whether they
have mental health conditions, learning/intellectual disability, physical impairments, hearing
impairments, and visual impairments. This should be applied to all accessibility barriers such as
technological, information, bureaucratic, legal, communication, physical, and other barriers.
3. The prominence of the act: The CDA should supersede all other policies, regulations, or legislation
that provide lesser entitlements and protections to disabled people.
4. The focus on providing full accessibility: Those institutions that come under the CDA should
ensure full accessibility to disabled persons by preventing the creation of new barriers and removal
of existing barriers. It should be done within the specified timeframe prescribed in the regulations or
legislation.
5. Specific entities should be usable for disabled persons: The providers of facilities, services, and
goods to whom the Act applies should make sure that their goods, services, and facilities should be
fully usable for disabled persons. To accommodate the requirements of disabled people, the
principles of universal design should be applied to designing these goods, services, and facilities.
6. The significance of taking proactive steps: Those organizations that come under CDA should take
proactive steps to obtain barrier-free workplaces.