Category Archives: Disability Supports

PEI’s hysterical pain-killer epidemic

The past two weeks has seen the PEI Health Minister clutching at the pain-killer abuse story with the local media parroting his words

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Substance abuse on PEI – alcohol tops the list with marijuana 2nd and all other illicit drugs a distant 3rd

According to PEI’s Minister of Health and the local media, Prince Edward Island has a “painkiller epidemic“ but it just ain’t so.

We do know is that if the Province makes it harder to get prescription pain killers PEI’s 25,000 persons living with disabilities will suffer. Pain is the one of the most significant problems for the disabled.  Continue reading →

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Justice Denied for People With Disabilities

Confrontational Canadian system makes people with disabilities fight for their human rights in court

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Jeff Moore needed special education which was his right says Supreme Court (CBC photo)

It took Jeffery Moore 20 years to get special educational funding that he needed in elementary school.

By the time his case was decided by the Supreme Court of Canada (Moore v. British Columbia (Education), 2012 SCC 61), Jeffery graduated high school and was employed as a plumber.  Continue reading →

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US Senate Blocks Disability Treaty

Republicans block treaty citing abortion and home schooling as issues, despite veteran Bob Dole on floor

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Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) with disabilities on the Senate floor in a wheelchair

Live Leak- Republican Senators on Tuesday voted to block a United Nations treaty that would have helped to protect disabled Americans — including veterans — while they are in foreign countries.

Thirty-eight Republicans voted no, giving them five votes more than necessary to defeat the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities treaty, 61 to 38.  Continue reading →

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Human Rights Commission says big gaps for disabled in Canada

Canadians with disabilities have lower incomes, less likely to finish university or have a full-time job

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Canadian Human Rights Commission

When compared to other adults, adults with disabilities:
are half as likely to get a university degree, more likely to settle for part-time work and have lower annual incomes.

A new study by the Canadian Human Rights Commission paints a bleak picture of how well those with disabilities fare in Canada.  Continue reading →

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Noah Wyle arrested marching for disabled

Popular celebrity Noah Wyle is arrested at D.C. protest by disability rights group ADAPT

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Noah Wyle is pictured in handcuffs at a protest by the disability rights group ADAPT in Washington, D.C. on April 23, 2012. - (photo National ADAPT)

Hollywood stars are coming out for social activism and the ER cast is leading.

Noah Wyle, who played medical student John Carter in ER, was arrested and taken away in handcuffs at the ADAPT disability rally in Washington. DC.

George Clooney was recently arrested for civil disobedience at the Sudanese embassy in Washington, DC protesting the humanitarian crisis in the Sudan.
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Thank you Toyota for inventing the walking robot

Toyota will be selling several health robots to help people walk, transfer from bed to wheelchair in 2013

It’s easy to get excited when Toyota announces a robot to help people walk.

In the 60 years since my left leg became paralyzed nothing really new in technology has been invented beyond the leg brace to help people like me.
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