CACL PRESS RELEASE: Mental Health-Related Suicides and Growing Numbers with Dementia Not a Reason to Expand Access to Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia
View the Press release on the CACL Website FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 18, 2017 TORONTO – Members of the Canadian Association for Community Living (CACL) are saddened to learn about the suicide of Adam Maier-Clayton, a young man who struggled with mental health issues and was an advocate for access to assisted suicide or what is […]
Canada Makes History at the UN: CACL Works to Help Make it Happen
From CACL Canada and Canadian organizations of persons with disabilities and their families made history in Geneva, Switzerland on April 3 and 4 when Canada’s first report on implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) was examined by the UN Committee responsible for monitoring the Convention. CACL EVP Michael Bach […]
CACL PRESS RELEASE: UN Calls on Canada to Create National Action Plan to Ensure Rights of Canadians with Disabilities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 13, 2017 TORONTO – The United Nations called on Canada today to address the “persisting gaps in the exercise and enjoyment of rights by persons with disabilities, such as education, work and employment and an adequate standard of living, including due to lack of affordable housing and access to water and sanitation”. […]
Disabled son deemed ‘medically inadmissible’ to join mother in Canada
Critics urge Ottawa to address recurring issue with legislation, instead of responding to individual cases after they become public. Read the full article
Nova Scotia slow to provide housing, care for people with disabilities: report
View the Global News Video A new report by the Community Homes Action Group says Nova Scotia is moving too slowly at helping people with intellectual disabilities in the province, specifically in providing community-based homes that are required. READ MORE: Nova Scotia pumping $3M to better lives of persons with disabilities About three quarters of the 137 […]
UBC program to coach parents of kids with autism
From CBC News Pat Mirenda, a professor of educational and counselling psychology and special education, is one of the leaders of UBC’s autism coaching project. (University of British Columbia) When toddlers show signs of autism spectrum disorder, parents often have to wait many months before diagnosis and treatment begins. A new program from UBC […]
CACL: Federal Budget 2017: Positive Steps for Canadians with Disabilities – Accountabilities Needed to Ensure Inclusion and Accessibility
From the Canadian Association for Community Living http://www.cacl.ca/news-stories/blog/federal-budget-2017-positive-steps-canadians-disabilities-accountabilities-needed- April 3, 2017 Federal Budget 2017 proposes new and expanded investments with significant potential for making a positive impact on the social and economic well-being of Canadians with intellectual and other disabilities and their families. The Canadian Association for Community Living (CACL) believes this potential can be […]
CACL Brief: Accession to the UN Optional Protocol to the CRPD
March 23, 2017 CACL has submitted its brief on the Accession to the United Nations Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to the Office for Disability Issues, Employment and Social Development Canada. Canada has taken leadership for many years to recognize the rights of persons with disabilities. Its contribution […]
The Statistics Canada 2017 Canadian Survey on Disability is underway.
The Canadian Survey on Disability collects information about adults whose everyday activities are limited due to a condition or health-related problem. The data will be used to plan and evaluate services, programs and policies. The survey is sponsored by Employment and Social Development Canada. Your contribution could benefit Canadians with activity limitations to help ensure […]
Manitobans with disabilities who have ‘aged out’ demand action on human rights complaints
Two Manitobans living with disabilities say they are frustrated with how long it’s taking the Human Rights Commission to address their complaints and have decided to ask the premier for help. Along with their lawyer, Joëlle Pastora Sala, Tyson Sylvester and a fellow plaintiff want to form a coalition of “gappers” — young adults with disabilities who have “aged out” of […]