People with intellectual 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…
The Ontario Disability Workers Association says the industry is facing a staffing crisis and has launched a campaign calling on the provincial government to take action. As Carolyn Kury de Castillo reports, many of those who work with people with…
Workers in the community disability services sector in Alberta say staffing issues are coming to a head, mainly due to low pay. “Workers are feeling that impact. They haven’t seen that wage increase in eight years,” said Dale Cena with…
Ontario is in the midst of a plan aimed at creating 30,000 new long-term care beds by 2028. The push to build new spaces for seniors comes after reports in 2020 of the horrific conditions in long-term care at the…
Alan Nichols had a history of depression and other medical issues, but none were life-threatening. When the 61-year-old Canadian was hospitalized in June 2019 over fears he might be suicidal, he asked his brother to “bust him out” as soon…
Bill creating monthly disability benefit for working-age Canadians died when Trudeau called 2021 election. The federal government today reintroduced legislation to create a monthly benefit payment for working-age Canadians with disabilities. “The purpose of this law and this benefit ……
Phillip Fitzsimmons woke up in the middle of the night one day in February 2016 with a breathtaking, shooting pain in his abdomen. “It felt like somebody was taking a sword and jamming it between my legs and on the…
Canadians who are facing illness or injury need to feel confident that they are supported and that their jobs are protected as they recover. That is why the Government of Canada is taking action to improve Employment Insurance (EI) sickness…