Disability

March 8, 2010
Tens of thousands of people who receive the special diet program may see more money from the governement as a result of a recent Ontario Human Rights Tribunal ruling, but poverty activists fear the...
Article , Disability, Foodbanks and Food, Ontario
March 5, 2010
The Victoria Regional Transit System offers a full range of accessible transportation options for seniors and people with disabilities. These options include low-floor buses, community shuttle buses...
Applications/Forms , accessible transportation, Disability, HandyDart, Seniors and Elders, taxi services, transportation, British Columbia
March 5, 2010
HandyDART is a door-to-door shared-ride service that uses specially-equipped vehicles designed to carry passengers with physical or cognitive disabilities who need assistance to use public transit....
Applications/Forms , Disability, HandyDart, Seniors and Elders, transportation, British Columbia
February 25, 2010
CASSA is a social justice umbrella organization working with Ontario’s diverse South Asian communities. They have an extensive service directory with listings of organizations from across Ontario.
Online Resource , Aboriginal and First Nations, African, childcare, Children and Youth, children's aid, clinics, community centres, credit counselling, Debt and Consumer Law, Disability, Education, employment services, Ethnicity and Race, Family, Foodbanks and Food, Health, Housing, Human Rights, Immigrants and Refugees, intercultural, Legal Aid, LGBTQ, Mental Health, multicultural, neighbourhood house, Organizing, Poverty Research, Seniors and Elders, south asian, Tenants' Rights, Unemployment, Utilities, Violence, Welfare, Women, women's centre, women's shelter, Workers' Rights, Directories, Ontario
Support Worker Central
February 18, 2010
Support Worker Central is an online database designed to match individuals, families and agencies with support workers in their communities.
Online Resource , Disability, Family, family support, people with disabilities, support workers, British Columbia, Directories, Organizations
February 9, 2010
PEI Disability Alert Blog and some other PEI blogs are now publishing under the Not just the news site. The NJN Network publishes blogs and news about disability, advocacy and PEI.
Online Resource , Blogs, Disability, disability news, Prince Edward Island
February 8, 2010
Article , Disability, British Columbia
February 1, 2010
The Employment and Assistance Appeal Tribunal hears appeals of the Ministry of Housing and Social Development reconsideration decisions that refuse, reduce or discontinue income, disability...
Applications/Forms , child care subsidy appeal, Children and Youth, Disability, disability appeal, Welfare, welfare appeal, British Columbia
December 9, 2009
Last week HandyDart riders flooded the Translink head office to protest in support of striking drivers. The riders say that the quality of service has gone down since an American company took over...
Article , Disability, News, British Columbia
November 18, 2009
Murray Siple's excellent feature-length documentary follows a group of homeless men who have combined bottle picking with the extreme sport of racing shopping carts down the steep hills of North...
Online Resource , binners, Disability, film, Homelessness, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Multimedia
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