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22.06.2023 / 04:59

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.

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‘I’m constantly behind on bills’: Canadians with disabilities hope Bill C-22 passes, addresses gaps

disability benefits she receives due to her rheumatoid arthritis.I’m constantly behind (on bills), especially as things get more and more expensive,” Davidson said.“And it’s getting harder and harder just to do anything. Some weeks, I have to decide on eating healthy or skipping meals or tightening things down because it’s just getting harder.”Davidson’s situation is typical of Canadians receiving disability benefits across the country.

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‘Yellowstone’ actor Q’Orianka Kilcher charged with disability payment fraud

Actor Q’Orianka Kilcher, who featured on the TV show Yellowstone and is best known for portraying Pocahontas in the 2005 film The New World, has been charged with illegally collecting nearly US$97,000 (about $130,000) in disability benefits.

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Ontario’s COVID-19 triage protocol ‘discriminates because of disability,’ advocates say

COVID-19 pandemic, she went to hospital but vowed she would not return.“I don’t feel safe in hospitals and a lot of people with disabilities similar to mine, where you need this much assistance, don’t feel safe in a hospital,” she said.Odell was born with spinal muscular atrophy and requires assistance to complete many daily tasks.Now, amid the third wave and with critical care units filling up, Odell said she fears if she ever needed the care, she would not be able to get it. Pushing Ontario’s ICUs to the brink — How some hospitals are preparing for the worst “I, personally, wouldn’t go to a hospital.

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National program helping Moncton youth with disabilities find work

People who lost jobs in 2020 had wages below Canadian average, report says The Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work’s Youth the Future program is a work readiness program for people aged 15 to 30, said April MacAleese Jay, the program’s employment facilitator.“We provide a lot of training when it comes to what it means to become work-ready and how to check the schedule and show up on time and your hygiene and dressing for the part,” said MacAleese Jay.Since 2017, the program has served 97 clients in Greater Moncton with either employment training or in seeking and finding a job.

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B.C. increases income and disability assistance by $175 per month

COVID-19 boost permanent.Social Development Minister Nicholas Simons said Tuesday the increase will cost about $400 million per year and benefit more than 300,000 people.It’s the largest ever permanent hike to income assistance and disability assistance rates in the province and will be applied starting in April.“This past year has been challenging for everyone, and especially so for those British Columbians already relying on assistance to make ends meet,” Simons said.“Now that we are seeing signs of some economic recovery from COVID-19, it’s essential we provide the stability of a permanent rate increase for people and families, including 49,000 children who live in poverty.”The province is also raising the seniors’ assistance supplement,

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Halifax wheelchair user ‘trapped’ in apartment due to 15-day-long elevator repair

Waiting list ‘abyss’ in N.S. for care and housing of people with disabilities: doctor Now, his mother says it’s having an impact on his physical and mental health.“I understand that probably in the last year with COVID, a lot of people have been stuck in their house.

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B.C. under fire for cutting COVID-19 financial help for seniors, people with disabilities

COVID-19 financial assistance for seniors, people with disabilities and people on lower incomes.Last week, the province announced it would cut the funding in half as part of new legislation.Available since April, the $300 supplement has gone to more than 200,000 people who were not eligible for the emergency federal support and who did not already receive income or disability assistance.Now, the boost will be cut to $150 in January, February and March, and eliminated entirely in April.

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New Brunswickers with disabilities have options to vote privately and safely

COVID-19 are still keen to cast their ballot during the pandemic.Elections New Brunswick has assistive voting options for those that can’t travel.“Last year it was really good, I was really comfortable because they came to my house,” said O’Donnell.

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People with disabilities, autism carry a heavier pandemic burden, advocates say

disabilities and autism are dying of COVID-19 at higher rates than other people in at least two states in the U.S., according to new data collected by NPR.In Pennsylvania, people with intellectual disabilities and autism are dying at a rate twice as high as other people who contract the virus.

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Coronavirus: Federal panel aims to ensure Canadians with disabilities included in response

The federal government has launched a special advisory group in a bid to ensure Canadians with disabilities are properly included in the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Coronavirus: B.C. to announce support for those on income, disability assistance

The province is expected to announce temporary support to help people receiving income and disability assistance deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

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