In response to recent deliberations by the Senate of Canada on the future of Healthcare, the CDPA produced a brief to ensure that the needs of persons with disabilities are considered when negotiating future Health Accords. Based largely on the research of Dr Mary Ann McColl and colleagues, the Canadian Disability Policy Alliance offered several recommendations for future health accords, all… Read more »
In June 2010 Dr. Wanda Lyons and Dr. Scott Thompson, researchers with the Canadian Disability Policy Alliance and members of the Faculty of Education at the University of Regina presented “Inclusive Education as a special education initiative: Is that part of the problem?” at the American Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Annual Conference in St. Paul, Minnesota. The presentation… Read more »
The past 30 years has seen significant movement forward by the federal government to identify disability issues as a priority. Yet despite these efforts, prominent disability policy scholars point out that there is still much work to be done in ensuring the full inclusion of people with disabilities in Canada. This paper marshals current, historical, domestic and international data to answer three… Read more »
A report by Dr Alice Aiken and Amy Buitenhuis of Queen’s University explored the social and physical welfare of veterans living with disability, compared to previous generations of veterans. Until 2006, the Pension Act (1985) determined financial benefit eligibility of veterans with disabilities. The benefits consisted of a number of monthly pensions and allowances. In 2006, the Canadian Forces Members and Veterans… Read more »
In 2010, Dr. Lyn Jongbloed of the University of British Columbia examined various policy approaches to increasing the employment of people with disabilities with a focus on wage subsidies. Dr. Jongbloed’s review evaluates the policy reforms made in 1990s, recent changes, and future prospects for Canadian policy. She considers three general approaches to increasing employment among those with disabilities are in use… Read more »
In 2010, Dr. Lyn Jongbloed of the University of British Columbia conducted an investigation of job retention for people with disabilities. Job retention means staying with the same employer, with the same or different duties or conditions of employment, and includes return to work after a period of paid or unpaid absence. This review, Job Retention for People with Disabilities summarizes research related… Read more »
Based on the methodology used in A Scoping Review of Disability Policy by McColl & Stephenson (2008) published on this website, two students working with the CDPA Health Services Team set out to research existing health policies at both the provincial and federal levels and examine their impact on persons with disabilities. The policies that were discovered were analysed by answering the six… Read more »
In September 2009 Dr. Scott Thompson, academic partner with the Canadian Disability Policy Alliance and member of the Faculty of Education at the University of Regina presented a “Review of the Literature on Education and Disability” at the first Canadian Disability Policy Alliance Meeting in Toronto. The preliminary review co-produced with Dr. Wanda Lyons (Faculty of Education) and Dr Vianne Timmons (President)… Read more »
Disability policy is perceived by people with disabilities as being impenetrable and unnecessarily complex, with little in the way of a coherent underlying ideology or policy framework. We use the term “disability policy” as if it referred to an entity that was widely recognized and acknowledged as such. The reality however is quite different. Policies designed to serve the needs of people with disabilities… Read more »
