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Almost 94% of survey respondents agreed that the additional costs of disability should be factored into calculations on how much the #CanadaDisabilityBenefit should offer. Read more here: disabilitywithoutpoverty.ca/shape-the-cdb-… #CDBActionNow #DisabilityWithPossibility #WeAreThe27Percent

Drunk driver Marco Michael Muzzo was given 10 years. Milly lived for 1009 days; less than 3 years. Harry lived for 1908 days, just over 5 years. Daniel lived for 3,523 days; He lived less than 10 years. Muzzo has served 1,656 days. He served just 4 yrs b4 given day parole.

"Abigail and Chad's date night. Just a cute couple who happen to have Down syndrome." Shared with permission via Abigail the Advocate #DownSyndrome #Couple #DateNight

Loblaw Companies reported $13.58 billion in first-quarter revenue today — a 4.5 per cent increase from a year earlier. Also today, a group of frustrated shoppers said they would begin a month-long boycott of the grocery retailer. cbc.ca/news/business/… .

NYC Mayor Eric Adams responds to criticism after NYPD took down a Palestinian flag & replaced it with the American flag that was there before protests started: “Blame me for being proud to be an American. We're not surrendering our way of life to anyone”

A gesture of love for someone who cannot reciprocate: this is to imitate God’s selfless style.

Changes to air travel are long overdue. The National Accessibility Air Travel Summit is an important step in meaningful dialogue towards better service for passengers with disabilities. Now we need commitments and timelines #RightsOnFlights toronto.ctvnews.ca/video/c2919229…

Before she became Barack Obama's mother at the age of 18, Ann Dunham was a high school student described by her friends as "intellectually way more mature than we were and a little bit ahead of her time, in an off-center way" and "the original feminist." Dunham was twice

#Justice4Landyn Special education students should not be dying at school! Both school boards & governments must act NOW to put in proper support! This tragedy should have never happened at school! My heart breaks for this mother and her child. Stephen Lecce Doug Ford

The son of an Ontario woman who was pronounced dead last month after he was found unresponsive in a sensory room at Trenton Public High School is speaking out. toronto.citynews.ca/2024/06/04/mot…

THIS IS NOT A SENSORY ROOM! This is a seclusion room that should be illegal in all schools! I wouldn't put a dog in here! Landyn died alone here. Shame on this school, its staff, the education system for accepting this room is therapeutic in anyway! ICARS (Int. Coal. Against Restraint and Seclusion) Stephen Lecce

Maria Garito It is a seclusion room not a sensory room. There is nothing sensory about a matted room where a child is left alone to die.

Please share this candle, in Memory of Landyn Ferris, who passed away at his Trenton, Ontario, school this May. We stand in solidarity with his family & friends who are holding a candlelight vigil for him this evening. #Justice4Landyn #onpoli #onted

It's not OK to bully education workers for complaining about their working conditions in the heat this week. It's been awful for everyone, especially those with disabilities. Have a heart, for heaven's sake. #onted #RespectTeachers

SPECIAL EDUCATION RALLY TOMORROW! Where: 250 Greenbank Road, OTTAWA Date: Sat June 22, 2024 Time: 10:00-11:30AM Details below #onpoli #onted #50KIsNotOK

He needed a rotating, air pressure bed. A new election can't come soon enough.

i had an abortion yesterday. want to do my part to end the stigma by not keeping it a deep dark shameful secret. abortion is healthcare, essential to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. everyone deserves the freedom of choice, and i will continue to fight for it.

"After years of battling to get him to go to school each morning, constant calls to come pick him up, and failed requests for more in-school supports for her son, Muncey gave up." Schools across Canada are failing to adequately support #pwd in classrooms. cbc.ca/news/canada/pr…

PRESS RELEASE - Denied a Full Education: Government of Saskatchewan Excludes 10-Year-Old with Disabilities from School Inclusion Saskatchewan, Inclusive Education, & Inclusion Canada respond to partial day attendance policies in #SK and across Canada. conta.cc/3MC0hXP