Support workers and caregivers in Alberta say people with disabilities are being largely overlooked during this pandemic due to the lack of support and funding they are receiving.
Bridges Consulting is an organization in Lethbridge that helps connect people with disabilities to behavioral aides and other supports.
It says the pandemic has hit its staff and members especially hard, with both decreased funding and reduced staffing hours. Rebecca Wever, a program coordinator with the centre, says this year they’ve had to work with a budget that has about 60 per cent less government funding compared to last year.
In addition, many of the behavioral aides that work with them are in university and because of the current health and economic