With children staying home without access to programs and resources during the coronavirus pandemic, funding requests for Easter Seals have been flooding in across Ontario.
The organization, which provides supports for children with physical disabilities, said provincially, current requests for equipment total close to $1 million. “Families are realizing how ill-equipped their homes are for accessibility needs,” said senior development officer Coralie Jacobs. “Normally the kids are going to programs, they are at school, and now they are home full-time.” The Easter Seals annual telethon was postponed due to COVID-19.