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Disability funding complaint goes to human rights commission

Posted by Stephen Pate on January 31, 2007 0 Comments

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Human Rights Complaint goes to hear for autistic children on PEI

CBC – Three P.E.I. families are appearing before the Human Rights Commission Tuesday to complain about the province’s cap on support for adult children with disabilities.

Carolyn Bateman’s 24-year-old son Adam has severe autism. She and her husband spend more than $60,000 a year taking care of him. The province caps its support at $36,000 for a person 18 or over.

There is not enough money for disabled adults to have a life of their own, says Carolyn Bateman.

“We believe that it’s at such a low rate that it makes it impossible for families to ever have their adult child live outside the family home,” said Bateman.

Stephen Pate

Publisher of NJN Network, Stephen has covered pop, jazz, folk and rock music since 1964, and spent 2 decades as the founder of serial IT startups. He has a great wife, 10 children, a growing number of grandchildren and is passionate about music and disability advocacy.

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