Category Archive for "Disability Blog"

If you have any sort of medical condition, there is a high chance you will have numerous tests conducted and treatments prescribed before doctors consider you healthy and restored. Under the impression that your doctor is always right, you may

Another barrier to your legal rights… Voting is the right of every Canadian of majority age, even if you don’t have any personal identification. If that happens, by accident or by design, Elections Canada will accept a piece of ‘living’

For the past 80 years, the standard measure of a country’s quality of life was the GDP – a strictly monetary measurement. There’s a new way to determine quality of life, however, known as the Social Progress Index (SPI). From

Some of us can’t carry a beat for anything, but others are born to dance! Meet Olesia Kom and Luca “Lazylegz” Patuelli. Both have physical disabilities but Kornienko and Patuelli are a testament to the indomitable will to be free

Have you or a loved one been diagnosed with autism? If so, you may rely on adapted communication techniques so others can understand you. The autism diagnosis implies an individual has unique challenges developing communication skills that are common in

This week, Disability Living is blogging with hopes of raising autism awareness. Today we are discussing how children with autism tend to be visual learners. This post explores how parents and teachers can use visual communication to aid the development

Are you more likely to die because of the hospital that you’re in, rather than the illness you were admitted for? As CBC reports, “Winnipeg Regional Health Authority data show that during a three-year period, there were 14 critical incidents

Country-wide, Canadians continue to challenge the existing state of affairs in regard to euthanasia and other end-of-life choices. A recent Angus Reid poll cites that some 75 per cent of Canadians are likely to voice support for doctor-assisted suicide. The

Ontarians are pleased with the development of autism therapies but dissatisfied with the scarcity of treatment services available. The Star reports that, “Parents spoke of confusion trying to navigate a convoluted system, lack of transparency about wait lists and how

For a moment, picture what your life would be like if you and your young child lived on just $241 dollars per month. After paying rent and car insurance, all you’d have left for groceries, communication and other must-haves would