Mother wins battle to have 24/7 care for disabled teenager
Social Development Minister Michelle Stilwell has ordered a government agency to reinstate around-the-clock care for a 19-year-old Victoria woman with a severe developmental disability. The move comes after Community Living B.C. announced in April that it was cutting Katrina Lavery’s at-home care from 24 hours a day to 16 — the same day her mother, […]
Killer Of Disabled People In Japan Announced His Intentions Months Ago
This Is What Disability Erasure Looks Like
Letter foretold Japan rampage that killed 19 disabled people
26-year-old Satoshi Uematsu stabbed nearly a third of the 150 patients at a facility for the mentally disabled 19 were killed and around 25 were injured, 20 of them seriously Uematsu was fired from working at the facility and broke in by shattering a window It is Japan’s deadliest mass killing in decades Uematsu calmly […]
HOW 3 ADULTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES FOUND INDEPENDENCE
Making the transition to independent living is a challenge for many young adults, but even more so for those with developmental disabilities. Here’s how three people and their families made it work. Read the Canadian Living Article
Six in 10 adults with disabilities can’t benefit from Disability Tax Credit: study
A new research paper finds that a federal government tax credit for people with disabilities isn’t reaching six out of 10 people who qualify, because they don’t have enough income for the credit to offer any benefit. The Disability Tax Credit reduces taxes by up to about $1,200 per year — but only for those […]
Vancouver teacher fired over special needs complaints
A Vancouver kindergarten teacher says she doesn’t regret writing letters calling the Vancouver School Board “corrupt” and discouraging the parents of a special needs child from transferring their son into her school. According to a Labour Relations Board decision, Susan Debeck was fired for insubordination. She went to the board to argue that her union failed to properly represent her. […]
P.E.I. woman ‘free like a bird’ after living in hospital for almost 2 years
A P.E.I. woman with an intellectual disability is living in the community after advocates worked to get her out of hospital when officials wanted to place her in a nursing home. Authorities with the province felt she should be placed in a nursing home after being discharged from the hospital. But the 58-year-old had other […]
The lionhearted Locked-in Boy: Lad was trapped in silence for seven years before miraculously finding a way to signal (and what he has to say will truly astonish you)
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Human rights complaint alleges discrimination against man with intellectual disability
Long time advocate Audrey Cole and her son Ian have filed a human rights complaint against the Government of Ontario, alleging that the province discriminated against Ian by failing to provide services in the community that he would otherwise receive if he was institutionalized. Read the CACL Story
TransLink pledges full review of HandyDart
TransLink will conduct an extensive review of how it runs the HandyDart system to decide whether the paratransit service should remain contracted out or brought back in house, as well as other potential changes. News Story