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The Government of Canada is leading consultations to inform planned accessibility legislation.
In-person sessions are coming soon to your community. Now is the chance to have your say. Read more.
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Disability Supports
Disability supports are any good or service that assists a person with a disability in overcoming barriers to carrying out everyday activities. They also facilitate engagement in social, political and cultural activities and economic participation. Over two million Canadian adults with disabilities lack one or more of the educational, workplace, or home aids, modifications or other supports they need to participate fully in their communities. People less likely to receive the disability-related supports they need are: women with disabilities, people outside of the labor force who consider themselves completely prevented from working because of disability, people with low family incomes, people who are not receiving disability pensions/benefits, people with disability expenses that are not reimbursable by any plan, people living in rural communities. CCD has been recommending Federal/Provincial investments in disability-related supports.
Recent Work
June 6, 2011
Government Tries to Silence Critic of Student Loan Discrimination
Jasmin Simpson seeks fair play from the Canada Student Loan Program. Read more.
September 16, 2010
Pharmacare central to preventing and eradicating poverty and the Premiers are acting on it
A universal pharmacare plan would help prevent poverty and reduce the burden of drug costs for the 1 in every 4 Canadians without drug coverage, anti-poverty groups advise. The 9 per cent of Canadians who live in poverty are at higher risk of poor health, chronic illness and injury. The new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives confirms that in the current jumbled mix of private and public drug plans access to prescription drugs is largely based on income and where you live or work, rather than individual need. Read more.
December 2, 2009
Letter to the Editor Re: Advantage Disabled?
CCD is hopeful that the attention being focused on the benefits of technical aids in the area of elite sports translates into increased support for public programs providing technical aids to Canadians with disabilities. Read more.
More on Disability Supports
October 19, 2005
Question and Answer Fact Sheet
October 19, 2005
Canadians with Disabilities Call for Action, Not More Study
February 1, 2005
A National Snapshot of Home Support from the Consumer Perspective
June 2, 2004
Liberal Investment in Disability Issues Welcome But Must Be Re-Profiled
May 31, 2004
Canadians with Disabilities Promote National Disability Supports Fund
February 1, 2004
A Call to Combat Poverty and Exclusion of Canadians with Disabilities by Investing in Disability Supports

End Exclusion supporters rally in support of an accessible and inclusive Canada.