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David continues his work on the committee for the Accessibility </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Directorate of Ontario’s legislative update on AODA <span>and he is eager to know what you think are the top 3 ways to improve the world’s leading accessibility legislation. <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfPH3YP15Jkq4hR9yPz2RENZLWI2T17SSWcmA6HLjpnt4w_qA/viewform?c=0&w=1">Take a moment to tell us your top 3 ways. </a></span></span></p> <p>Meanwhile, our committee has published its final recommendations for 2020. 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