‘Many people still don’t have services’: Disability rights advocates ask Quebec to step in – Montreal

December 3, 2018 / by BBG Security / Adults, Autisme Montréal, Canada, CAQ, Children, Coalition Avenir Quebec, Disabilities, Disability rights, Disability Rights Activists, Francois Legault, Quebec disability rights, Quebec social services, Services

[ad_1] Montreal disability-rights advocates are calling on the new provincial government to provide more services and help for adults and children. “Unfortunately, we have to protest again and ask the government very high up to help people with disabilities,” said Electra Dalamagas with Autisme Montréal. READ MORE: Disability rights advocates occupy Quebec ombudsman’s office A few […]

B.C. government announces funding to bolster inclusion and accessibility for people with disabilities

December 3, 2018 / by BBG Security / Accessibility, Addiction, Disability Alliance BC, Inclusivity, Politics, Provincial Government

[ad_1] The provincial government marked the International Day of Persons with Disabilities by announcing $500,000 in funding for projects that support accessibility and inclusivity. Sixteen non-profit organizations across B.C will receive grants of up to $40,000, Social Development Minister Shane Simpson said Monday. Money will be distributed through Disability Alliance BC. READ MORE: Disabled advocates applaud Vancouver’s […]

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 […]

Advocates say disturbing video of N.S. school bullying shows people with disabilities are devalued

November 15, 2018 / by BBG Security / Brett Corbett, Bullying, Bullying Canada, Canada, Cape Breton, Cape Breton Victoria Regional Centre for Education, Cerebral Palsy, Council of Canadians with Disabilities, Features, glace bay, Health, Nova Scotia, Rob Benn-Frenette

[ad_1] Advocates say a disturbing video showing a Cape Breton teen’s classmate walking over him in a stream demonstrates how the lives of people with disabilities are often devalued. Brett Corbett, who has cerebral palsy, told his mother Terri McEachern that he has forgiven the bullies who apologized to him, but he still feels unsafe […]

Closing arguments heard at N.S. inquiry as people with disabilities allege housing discrimination

October 30, 2018 / by BBG Security / Beth MacLean, Emerald Hall, Human Rights Act, Joesph Delaney, News, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia government, Nova Scotia Human Rights Act, Nova Scotia Humans Rights Commission, Politics, Psychiatric Ward, Walter Thompson

[ad_1] A lengthy inquiry which is considering whether the Nova Scotia government violated human rights by housing people with disabilities in a hospital for over a decade is hearing closing arguments Tuesday. Beth MacLean and Joseph Delaney have testified the Department of Community Services violated the province’s Human Rights Act by forcing them to remain […]

3 new group homes for people with intellectual disabilities open in Moose Jaw

October 4, 2018 / by BBG Security / Canada, Dignitaries, Disabilities, Eden Care Communites, Funding, Group Homes, Moose Jaw, support, Valley View Centre

[ad_1] Dignitaries from across the Saskatchewan were in Moose Jaw on Thursday to celebrate the grand opening of three new group homes for people with intellectual disabilities. Moose Jaw Wakamow MLA and legislative secretary to the minister of social services, Greg Lawrence, joined community members and group home residents to introduce the Eden Care Communities […]

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