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 of the seven “Questions for Policy Analysis” set out in McColl & Jongbloed’s (2006) Disability and Social Policy and used in the “Scoping Review” document. The questions examine issues such as equitable access to programs, the degree of supports and services to persons with disabilities, eligibility clarification, and an investigation of whether gaps exist between jurisdictions in terms of disability policies. In answering these questions in this report, the authors provided a comparison of health policies at the federal and provincial levels in terms of their aim and their definition of ‘disability’.
The authors, Nicole Clara and Jennifer Misiorowski, were students in Queen’s University’s Masters of Public Administration program and completed the report as part of their course requirements.
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