Disability Law Primer (PDF) - ARCH Disability Law Centre

preliminary stages of the process, prior to formal disclosure and timelines taking place.^158 The recommended course of action i ...

With regards to disability specifically, students cannot be suspended or expelled solely due to disability-related behaviour. Re ...

iii. whether the suspension or expulsion is likely to result in an aggravation or worsening of the pupil’s behaviour or conduct. ...

recourse and remedies are available. Obtaining such clarification in writing may require some advocacy if a school board is not ...

There may be other legal avenues that may be appropriate depending on the facts and remedies sought. In a recent interim decisio ...

Regulation 298 allows for the shortening of school days to less than the required five hours a day of instruction “for an except ...

Lastly, it is paramount that a student with a disability be provided the opportunity to participate, inform and guide any and al ...

Chapter 7 Obtaining Services for Persons Who Have Been Labelled with an Intellectual Disability: A Primer Laurie Letheren, Staff ...

TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction .............................................................................................. ...

I. Introduction Developmental Services is the term used to describe the supports and funding that is provided to adults with int ...

II. Historical Overview of Canada’s Treatment of Persons Who Have Been Labelled with Intellectual Disabilities^5 A. Warehousing ...

In the 1950s and 1960s the Ontario government began a public promotion of the idea that people who had been labelled with intell ...

the Association was on the development of residential housing in which 4- 6 people with intellectual disabilities would be suppo ...

In the early 1970s, the Ontario government sponsored two reports into the living conditions in institutions. Both the Williston ...

Centre in a suit against the Ontario government. The former residents alleged that the government failed in its duty of care. Th ...

o a commemorative plaque on the grounds of Huronia o opportunity to access the grounds of Huronia o proper maintenance of the ce ...

community based residential care; and the development of policies to allow for the integration of employment supports for work i ...

independence and community inclusion for people who had been labelled with an intellectual disability some supports needed to co ...

supports; and, more accountability from those who receive funds and from agencies who offer services. When the Social Inclusion ...

Person-directed planning services and supports (assisting a person to define their goals, life vision etc); Any other prescribe ...