Contents

Newsletters
Euthanasia Prevention Coalition
Webinars
Canadian Council of the Blind | Last Chance; Don’t Forget to Register for - “The State of Vision Health in Canada Conference”
Reimagining Universal Health Coverage to Leave No One Behind, Health Equity for Persons with Disabilities and Access to Assistive Technology as Key Drivers to Achieving UHC
Invitation to virtual CM event on Oct. 25
Opportunities
REMINDER - ARCH Strategic Planning Consultation

Newsletters

Euthanasia Prevention Coalition

Click on the following link to access the information online: American Medical Association is debating assisted suicide. (mailchi.mp)

Webinars

Canadian Council of the Blind | Last Chance; Don’t Forget to Register for - “The State of Vision Health in Canada Conference”

Click on the following link to access the information online: Reminder: Invitation to "The State of Vision Health in Canada - A Canadian Council of the Blind (CCB) Conference". (mailchi.mp)

Reimagining Universal Health Coverage to Leave No One Behind, Health Equity for Persons with Disabilities and Access to Assistive Technology as Key Drivers to Achieving UHC

Oct. 17, 2023, CEST: 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM / UTC: 07:00 AM - 08:30 AM

Workshop (WS 16) - North America

Digital Session: https://youtube.com/live/vFnW7vFAqjg

1.3 billion people – or 16% of the global population – experience a significant disability. Although persons with disabilities have the same right to the highest attainable standard of health as anyone else, they continue to die 10-20 years earlier and have poorer health than others. These inequalities exist in every part of the world but are exacerbated in low- and middle-income countries and for people who experience additional discrimination due to their gender or origin etc. A key contributor to health inequities for persons with disabilities is the lack of access to assistive technology. Failure to deliver assistive technology that is embedded in quality health care is leading to poorer health outcomes and (social and economic) exclusion.

Recent reports from the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, and the Missing Billion Initiative are very clear: the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is not attainable if we do not urgently bridge the health gap experienced by persons with disabilities and provide access to assistive technology to all those who need it.

In this interactive session, we invite global health actors to learn about this urgent issue and explore together concrete actions that make health systems more inclusive. Voices from persons with disabilities and assistive technology users will be at the center. As evidence of inclusive health in practice, we will showcase progressive health strategies carried out at national level. We will also discuss how community-based approaches to inclusive health and stronger collaboration of global health actors can accelerate the progress to UHC.

Find out more here: https://www.conference.worldhealthsummit.org/Program/WHS2023 and see the flyer attached.

Best wishes,
Session hosts,
ATscale, the Global Partnership for Assistive Technology
Christian Blind Mission (CBM)
Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Missing Billion Initiative (MBI)
Special Olympics

Invitation to virtual CM event on Oct. 25

Our magazine [Canadian Mennonite] is hosting a virtual event on Wednesday, Oct. 25, that will explore medical assistance in dying.

This is the second of four virtual events we have planned for 2023, and it will feature Lisa Heinrichs (an MDiv student from Hope, B.C.) and Rhonda Wiebe (a Winnipegger who advocates for people with disabilities).

I invite you to get involved by:
Attending the event. You can register at www.canadianmennonite.org/events to get the Zoom link. It starts at 7:00 p.m. CT / 8:00 p.m. ET.

Promoting the event. Tell your friends, family and fellow churchgoers about it and encourage them to attend.
If you use Facebook, there is an event page set up at https://www.facebook.com/events/704751924431317/ that you can share/invite your friends to.

Looking forward to seeing some of you there on Oct. 25.
Aaron Epp (he/him)
Associate Editor, Canadian Mennonite
204-795-0292
Aaron Epp <ae@canadianmennonite.org>

Opportunities

REMINDER - ARCH Strategic Planning Consultation

There are only three days left to share your perspectives on ARCH Disability Law Centre's next strategic plan. The short survey is available here.

The Board has hired CALIBRATE to conduct a short survey to gather people’s ideas about their future directions. As a key stakeholder with knowledge of our activities and impact, we invite you to participate.

The survey will be open until October 16th.

CALIBRATE will aggregate or summarize all the responses before sharing them with the Board. Your responses will not be attributed. The Board will use your input to develop its priorities at a strategic planning session later this year.

If you have any questions about the survey or additional comments, you can email us at survey@calibratesolutions.ca.

On behalf of ARCH Disability Law Centre Board, thank you for sharing your perspectives.
ARCH Disability Law Centre
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TTY: 416-482-1254 or 1-866-482-2728
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Website: www.archdisabilitylaw.ca

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ARCH respectfully acknowledges that its office is located on the traditional territory of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples. ARCH is fully committed to listening, learning, building relationships, and working with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities on the journey to reconciliation. 

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