Advocacy group sounding alarm on ‘extreme’ wait times for specialized mobility aids in Alberta

January 21, 2021 / by BBG Security / AADL, alberta aids to daily living, Community and social services critic, Disabilities, Health, Health Care, Health Minister, Ministry Of Health, mobility aids, NDP, Politics, Red Deer, Specialized wheelchairs, The Lending Cupboard, tyler shandro, UCP, Wheelchairs, Wheels Of Change, YQL

A newly formed advocacy group called Wheels of Change is sounding the alarm on Albertans with spinal cord injuries having to wait extreme periods of time to receive specialized wheelchairs and equipment under a government program called Alberta Aids to Daily Living (AADL). “To me, these are my legs, this helps me move from […]

Alberta non-profit hopes to keep kids with disabilities warm during winter months

January 1, 2019 / by BBG Security / Cerebral Palsy, Disabled winter wear, Edmonton Disabilities, Edmonton disability advocate, Edmonton person's with disabilities, Edmonton Wheelchair blanket, Edmonton Wheelchair product, Edmonton winter, Features, Global Developmental Delay, Health, News, The Zac Sac, Wheelchair Blanket

[ad_1] An Edmonton man is hoping that some creativity from his parents will help kids living with disabilities spend more time outdoors. When Zachary Weeks was a child winters took a toll on him. The 30-year-old lives with cerebral palsy and has relied on a wheelchair since the age of four. Spending time outside playing […]

Wife’s MS has Alberta MP urging more support for people with episodic disabilities

November 29, 2018 / by BBG Security / David Yurdiga, Disabilities, Disability, Health, House of Commons, Kathy Yurdiga, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, Politics

[ad_1] Conservative MP David Yurdiga says people suffering from disabilities that worsen and ease, like his wife and daughter, are not treated fairly under Canadian law and he wants to change that. Yurdiga said support for people with disabilities insists that they declare whether they can work or not — it’s a “binary switch.” There’s […]

Alberta wants to boost support payments for those with disabilities and low-incomes

November 8, 2018 / by BBG Security / AISH, AISH increase, Alberta Legislature, Alberta politics, Politics

[ad_1] A quarter of a million Albertans receiving income assistance will soon see an increase in their monthly payment. For most of them, this will be the first hike in a decade. Tom Vernon reports. [ad_2] Source link

Alberta wants to boost support payments for those with disabilities and low-incomes

November 8, 2018 / by BBG Security / AISH, AISH boost, AISH increase, AISH payment boost, AISH payment increase, Alberta AISH, Alberta AISH boost, Alberta Legislature, Alberta NDP, Alberta politics, Alberta seniors, Alberta Seniors Benefit, Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped, Canada, Health, Politics

[ad_1] Alberta is proposing to increase help for those with disabilities and low-income earners while tying future hikes to keep pace with inflation. The changes introduced in the legislature would help about 250,000 Alberta residents, including seniors and those who receive benefits under the Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped program, also known as AISH. […]