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That is the upshot of sociological data as Canada marks the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. According to Statistics Canada, 22 per cent of the Canadian population above the age of 15 – about 6.2 million individuals – had one or more disabilities in 2017, with women more likel...
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Disability terminology in the media: a comparison of newspaper reports in Canada and Israel The terminology used to refer to persons with disability may both reflect and influence attitudes towards them. Negative references may perpetuate negative......
Parents receive a maximum of $7,437 per child under the age of six as part of the Canada Child Benefit, for example, and seniors can receive as much as $12,785.64 as part of the Guaranteed Income Supplement. “We are barely scratching the surface with this so-called biggest line item,...
It has not been announced how people will be required to prove that they have a disability in order to qualify butGlobal Newsreported it is often based on the list of people who “access the disability tax credit to determine who should receive other disability-related programs, said ...
“The reality is, people with disabilities are the largest untapped resource for talent in our country and around the world. “People with disabilities are underemployed compared to the rest of the population,” she said. “We know that right now, about 645,000 people in Canada are wait...
Asgarali says she had been following a rising discourse surrounding the lack of disability representation in the U.S., and asked herself: “Well, what’s happening in Canada?” The question led to the concept for “Breaking Character” —a title that is both a reference to stepping ...
BEIJING, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Innovative practices of helping people with disabilities better integrate into society were shared at the China Disability Policy Dialogue held in Beijing Monday, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. ...
to develop a unique and innovation solution for the reporting requirements set out in the United Nation's Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.The United Nations requires all governments that have ratified its Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 鈭 as Canada did...