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Raising Alarms Over Ontario Child Protection System

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ontario Disability Coalition Raises Alarms Over Ontario’s Child Protection System Toronto, Ontario – October 11th, 2024 – The Ontario Disability Coalition is deeply troubled by the current state of Ontario’s child protection system. Families across the province are being forced to relinquish their children to Children’s Aid Societies (CAS) due to severe underfunding… Read More Raising Alarms Over Ontario Child Protection System

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Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ODSP Action Coalition and Ontario Disability Coalition will hold our fourth #Rally4ODSP at Queen’s Park on Tuesday, April 25th, 2023, starting at 11am. Disability advocates across Ontario are condemning the recent 5% increase to some Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) rates as woefully inadequate to lift clients out of poverty and fails… Read More Press Release

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Save the date! – Rally for ODSP & ACSD

Mark your calendars for April 25th, 2023 – the day we come together at Queens Park Legislature to demand change. The Rally for Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) & Assistance for Children Severe Disabilities (ACSD) is a call to double the rates and lift individuals and families with disabilities and social assistance recipients out of… Read More Save the date! – Rally for ODSP & ACSD

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In Canada Disability Poverty begins at birth

Earlier this year advocates from Ontario Disability Coalition and BC Complex Kids Society met with Minister Carla Qualtrough to discuss childhood disability poverty that affects families across Canada. We shared our stories as mother’s of children with complex medical needs and identify the barriers created by federal policies and solutions to prevent lowered social economic… Read More In Canada Disability Poverty begins at birth

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Complex Care and cobbling together 24/7 nursing care for Alexa

Home Care Nursing Crisis The lack of sleep, multiple agencies, insurance, paperwork, hospital visits, and unending cost of equipment and therapy is truly endless and more than most people could manage. Immediate action is needed on so many fronts. The love is endless but the system, it’s roadblocks, barriers and gatekeepers must end. This problem… Read More Complex Care and cobbling together 24/7 nursing care for Alexa

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Consultation Is Not Therapy

A disabled child, youth or adult can benefit greatly from the hands-on treatment provided by a health professional.  A trained Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist, Behavioural Therapist, and/or a Speech and Language Therapist can work wonders and make life-changing differences. The Ontario Government cutbacks have reduced access to this needed therapy and are handing it over to the… Read More Consultation Is Not Therapy

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