November is Aboriginal Disability Awareness Month

November 2016 marks the 2nd Anniversary of Aboriginal Disability Awareness Month in British Columbia.

“The frequency of disabilities experienced by the Indigenous population of Canada is twice that of the national rate and up to three times higher within certain Indigenous age groups.”

Read the Press release from the British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society (BCANDS)

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