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Government Wonders Why RDSP is Underutilized

Six years ago, the government launched the Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP) as a long-term savings option for people with disabilities. Today, only 15 per cent, or 12,000 of 500,000 people with disabilities have started their RDSP. According to Lisa

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New Invention Enables Children With Disabilities to Walk

At first glance, the Upsee looks like a cross between a Baby Bjorn infant carrier and a car seat. No industrial looking metal, no utilitarian design, and no boring colours. Instead, this revolutionary device is lightweight, and the combination of

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Mental Illness and Student Success in Post-Secondary

After all the difficulties that high school wrought on your teen, it’s time for the true test; the entry to so-called real life: post-secondary education. Be it college, university, or apprenticeship, time away from the haven of home can mean

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The Lieutenant Governor Promotes Hiring Disabled People

During his installation speech on September 5, 2007, the Honourable David C. Onley, 28th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, committed to using his position to help remove physical barriers to Ontario’s then-1.5 million disabled people, as well as focus on obstacles

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Text to 9-1-1: Disability Community Abolishes Huge Barrier

Imagine that you’re deaf or speech-impaired and have witnessed an accident.  You know your civic duty is to call 911so that people get the help they need – but you can’t hear the dispatcher and he or she may not

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The Link Between Asperger’s Syndrome and Low Self-Esteem

A certain neurological profile shows correlation between Asperger’s syndrome and low self-esteem. You know it, you see it in others, but how do you guard against it in your child, family member or friend? Along with some of the hallmark

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Ottawa Compensates Veterans Post Pension Clawbacks

Imagine this: your calling in life is law enforcement. You’ve known it since you were young. You don’t want a desk job. You want to become an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. After years of rigorous training you

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Disability in Media, a Campaign for True Diversity

Consumer culture is being held hostage by media channels broadcasting a very narrow sampling of ‘beautiful people’. The perfect specimens seen in magazines, on television, billboards, and all over the internet only represent a fraction of the diversity that makes

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When Food is a Luxury

Being hungry usually means one of three things: • You did not eat a full meal. • You did not eat a balanced meal. • You did not eat at all. For some people living with disabilities, food is a

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Get Disability Support with the National Benefit Authority

Living with a disability is hard. It is equally hard to secure financial support for disability care. The National Benefit Authority realizes this and offers help to people with disabilities who are entitled to money from government. Some people are

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