BC Leadership Institute on Developmental Disabilities
Coming to UBCO in Kelowna May 14 – 18, 2018. Apply to participate in our upcoming British Columbia Leadership Institute. This Institute is being held by the University of Delaware’s National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities in partnership with the Centre for Inclusion and Citizenship at UBC. The National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities is a consortium of […]
New Book: Intellectual disability- A conceptual history, 1200 -1900
Edited by Patrick McDonagh, C.F. Goodey and Tim Stainton DESCRIPTION This collection explores the historical origins of our modern concepts of intellectual or learning disability. The essays, from some of the leading historians of ideas of intellectual disability, focus on British and European material from the Middle Ages to the late-nineteenth century and extend […]
United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities Film Festival
Join us in Kelowna at the UBC Okanagan Campus, Sunday December 3 from 1 – 3 pm
B.C. celebrates Indigenous Disability Awareness Month
Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction Press Release British Columbians are invited to celebrate the contributions of Indigenous people with disabilities as government has proclaimed November Indigenous Disability Awareness Month. Acting on a recommendation from the British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society (BCANDS), B.C. became the first province in Canada to dedicate November […]
Forced sterilization of young women with disabilities must end, UN rights expert says
NEW YORK (24 October, 2017) – Forced sterilization and other procedures infringing on sexual and reproductive integrity are part of a pattern of “systemic violence” being carried out on girls and young women with disabilities, and must be eradicated without delay, a UN expert on human rights and disability has said. “We can no longer […]
Campaign seeks to turn disabled voters into powerful force
(This story if from NorthJersey.com in the United States) Marie Carina desperately wants to exercise her right to vote, but every November, she faces barriers. Just navigating to the polls is difficult for Carina, who is disabled and relies on a wheelchair. “The last time, it took me a while to find the accessible route,” she said. “I had trouble […]
The B.C. Teachers Union is concerned the teacher shortage is affecting special needs students
Global News October 23, 2017 The union representing B.C.’s teachers is worried about the impact the teacher shortage is having on student learning this far into the school year. B.C Teachers Federation President Glen Hansman says students who are in need, are collateral damage because ESL and special-education teachers are asked to fill the role […]
Opinion: Promise of universal public education unfulfilled for students with special needs
Today, public schools enrol students who 75 years ago rarely attended school. Children who were deaf, blind, or who had developmental disabilities did not typically attend public schools. If they were educated, their education took place at home, in specialized schools or in institutions. Surveying its history, the promise of universal public education — an […]
CACL PRESS RELEASE: Nova Scotia Heading to Reject Charter Rights of People with Disabilities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 16, 2017 HALIFAX – In a stunning maneuver this morning, the Law Amendments Committee of the Nova Scotia Legislature voted to send to the Legislature a Bill that would fundamentally entrench denial of Charter-protected rights to life, liberty and security of people with intellectual, cognitive, and psychosocial disabilities in the province. Introduced […]
CACL PRESS RELEASE: Nova Scotia Bill – An Alarming Violation of Human Rights
October 3, 2017 – – Equality Rights FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 3, 2017 HALIFAX – The Adult Capacity and Decision-Making Act introduced in the Nova Scotia Assembly Monday falls far short of its stated aim to “promote the dignity, autonomy, independence, social inclusion and freedom of decision-making of adults” who have intellectual and other disabilities. Minister of Justice Mark Furey assures that […]