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On Wednesday, 160 health-care support workers walked off the job at Ten Ten Sinclair, a housing development company in the city for people with various physical disabilities. The job action has left tenants at the company’s Forkus properties feeling like they have fallen through the cracks. “I have received one …
Read More »‘No supports’ for First Nations adults with disabilities on reserve, advocates say – Winnipeg
Kaylie Bercier has dreams and goals, but her family says there are many hurdles in the way of achieving them because the services needed to support her through her disabilities just aren’t there. “If you live off-reserve, the services are there, but if you live on-reserve, they’re not,” Kaylie’s mom, …
Read More »TD Bank launches new tool for people with disabilities. How does it work?
Encountering a pop-up video that plays automatically may be a mere irritant to most while browsing the web, but for Susan Santola, the consequences could be far more dire. It could potentially cause a seizure. Santola, a governance and compliance specialist at TD who lives with epilepsy, has spent decades …
Read More »Ontario quadriplegic mother applies for MAID over lack of access to disability supports
In a video that has gone viral on TikTok, an Ontario quadriplegic mother of three says she has just days left before she can access medical assistance in dying (MAID) yet she is unable to access disability support. “I have 12 days left on my medical assistance in dying application …
Read More »Glaring safety issues in group home fire that left 2 men with disabilities dead: report
By the time a fire truck pulled up in the early morning hours of Christmas Eve 2018, flames were erupting from the windows and shooting up over the roofline. Trapped inside the small, west Edmonton bungalow were three men, all developmentally disabled, unable to escape. The group home’s sole worker …
Read More »Most climate policies worldwide do not consider the rights of people with disabilities
Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. This weekly newsletter is part of a CBC News initiative entitled “Our Changing Planet” to show and explain the effects of climate change. Keep up with the latest news on our Climate and Environment page. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your …
Read More »Most MBBS doctors with disabilities denied PG seats in AIIMS, Health News, ET HealthWorld
All India Institute of Medical Sciences-Patna (AIIMS-P) Year after year, the bulk of MBBS doctors with disabilities who clear the post graduate entrance exam for seven All India Institutes of Medical Sciences, including the one in Delhi, are denied admission. Barely 0.4% of seats over the last three years have …
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