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Provincial drug plans for disabled people

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The Canada Health Act, a framework to the Canadian Health System, covers medically necessary hospital, physician and limited long-term services but not prescription medications (Dewa, Hotch, & Steele, 2005). Countries similar to Canada in terms of the economy like Australia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom have universal coverage of prescription medications while Canada does not… Read more »

A unified disability movement?

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Two recent op eds in the Globe & Mail have resurrected the thorny issue of defining disability for the purposes of policy.  While one says greater unity is needed in the disability movement, the other says a monolithic approach to disability would overshadow individual needs.  Certainly the conventional wisdom has been that a lack of unity around disability issues has… Read more »

Should I say ‘disabled person’ or ‘person with a disability’?

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A story appeared in the national media in May, 2019 about a woman who was refused service at a discount grocery store because she couldn’t bag her own groceries.  CDPA was struck by the communication failure on the part of staff and other patrons, and was prompted to share some of the wisdom gleaned from our partners.  The article appeared… Read more »