Category Archives: 2014 Archives

Jennifer Coughlin, 27, uses a wheelchair and lives at a seniors-friendly apartment CBC News Posted: Mar 23, 2014 4:44 PM AT Last Updated: Mar 23, 2014 4:44 PM AT Jennifer Coughlin uses a wheelchair and says she’s found it hard to find accessible and affordable housing in Charlottetown. (CBC) A Charlottetown woman who uses a […]

Supported decision-making documents need legal recognition, coalition argues CBC News Posted: Mar 21, 2014 8:15 AM AT Last Updated: Mar 21, 2014 11:34 AM AT A P.E.I. man is asking the province for law that would allow people with intellectual disabilities to have more control over their lives.Jeremy MacDonald is the first Islander to have […]

Summary: Inclusion BC submitted a paper with a number of recommendations to the Province’s Disability White Paper Consultation. Our submission is based on the priorities, values and vision of the community inclusion movement, and was put forward with a goal of keeping the priorities of people with developmental disabilities, their families and their communities in […]

Historically, people with mental health problems have lacked a voice. Up until the 1970s, neither they nor families were involved in decision-making on mental health services, and they continued to be at risk of social exclusion and discrimination in all facets of life. In 1971 that all changed with the incorporation of the Motivation, Power […]

SASKATOON – Taylor Layton won a contest for entrepreneurs with disabilities last month and Global News caught the surprise moment on camera. Layton, 20, has Down’s syndrome and struggled to find employment in her home town of Outlook, Sask., so two years ago she started ‘Taylor’s Curbside Recycling’. For a monthly fee, she picks up […]

Province called leader in Canada  By Natascia Lypny, The Leader-Post March 20, 2014   Amy McNeil, executive director of SARC, responds to the Saskatchewan Party 2014 budget in Regina on March 19, 2014 Photograph by: Don Healy , Regina Leader-Post Saskatchewan has become an example to the rest of Canada in how it serves its […]

Funding cuts to federal tax offices are creating confusion and frustration for hundreds of Victoria residents with non-profit groups being left to pick up the slack, says the head of a local legal aid group. Together Against Poverty Society is one of several local organizations who run tax preparation clinics for low-income, disabled and senior […]

March 13, 2014 by Vani Jain The slogan “nothing about us without us” is a message that gained early prominence in disability activism in the 1990s and has since been used as a rallying cry across many different disciplines. The core is the same: any decisions about a particular group (such as people living with […]