Reading Time: 4 minutes We desperately need a ministry that’s directly responsible and accountable for the broad portfolio of disability policy
Tag: Disabilities
Parents have the power to release their child’s remarkable inner gifts
Reading Time: 3 minutes The talents of some children are like buried treasure. But you can trust a parent to see these precious gifts and help unearth them
The dawning of a new age for Canadians with disabilities
Reading Time: 3 minutes In a world of turmoil, we can’t afford to waste precious resources – particularly the leadership and ingenuity of people with disabilities
No guarantee of quality supports for disabled Canadians
Reading Time: 4 minutes The tangled web of disability governance and policy in Canada needs to clarified and centralized
What happens to our children with disabilities when we die?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Fix the Registered Disability Savings Plan and close the poverty gap of Canadians with disabilities
Disability tax credit falls short for too many Canadians
Reading Time: 4 minutes Why is the Canada Revenue Agency denying the tax credit to those who need it most?
Children with disabilities data out of date
Reading Time: 4 minutes We lack critical information on the diverse and often unmet needs of Canadian children with disabilities, as well as the out-of-pocket costs paid by families
Over-medicating to manage behaviour is damaging and wasteful
Reading Time: 4 minutes It’s time to talk about the overuse of antipsychotics among adults with developmental disabilities
Over-medicating to manage behaviour is damaging and wasteful
Reading Time: 4 minutes It’s time to talk about the overuse of antipsychotics among adults with developmental disabilities
Canada Revenue Agency discriminates against PKU sufferers
Reading Time: 4 minutes The federal government routinely denies the Disability Tax Credit to those who need it – and are eligible by law