Advocates for Calgarians who have developmental disabilities say they’ve been struggling to navigate the new health rules in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “There’s quite a range of settings — different numbers of people in different homes and different styles of homes,” said Erin Waite with the Calgary Service Provider Council. “The agencies all differ on how they provide services so it’s complex and quite different than other areas of social care.” The Calgary Service Provider Council works with 35 agencies across the city.
Collectively, they work with more than 3,500 adults who have cognitive disabilities. Waite said the organizations have been dealing with a number of obstacles and it took a month to get specific recommendations