Reading Time: 3 minutes Parliamentary Committee recommends further MAiD expansion despite unresolved problems
Tag: Disabilities
MAiD in Canada: How Canada became Euthanasia Central
Reading Time: 5 minutes Assisted death has gone from a last resort to an earth-friendly way to reduce the world’s population
The Trudeau government is making your life even harder
Reading Time: 4 minutes Increases to the Marginal Effective Tax Rate taking even more of your hard-earned money
Helping young learners bounce back from COVID disruptions
Reading Time: 3 minutes Literacy lessons tailored to early grade-schoolers with reading difficulties show promising results
What happens when a hospice rejects medical assistance in dying?
Reading Time: 4 minutes ‘This is about the B.C. government destroying a sanctuary for dying patients who want the choice to stay in a facility where MAID is not offered’
Building quality of life into spaces for people with ‘invisible’ disabilities
Reading Time: 4 minutes Ensuring physical accessibility is only the beginning of creating places where people can ‘be who they are,’ says design consultant and PhD student Lara Pinchbeck
New app helps family doctors care for adults with disabilities
Reading Time: 3 minutes U of A specialist identified gaps in care as patients age, developed app on his own time to ‘make a difference’
Lack of online access a barrier for athletes with disabilities
Reading Time: 4 minutes Vast majority of athletics websites make it hard for people with disabilities to see themselves participating in sport, U of A researcher finds
Extra support needed for ESL students in junior high, study shows
Reading Time: 4 minutes English language learners in Grades 7 to 9 perform worse than monolingual classmates in vocabulary, grammar and reading comprehension
Financial future grim for Canadians with disabilities, health conditions
Reading Time: 4 minutes Lack of additional disability supports has meant vulnerable groups have had to look to other means to support themselves through the pandemic