Disability Law Primer (PDF) - ARCH Disability Law Centre
“Adaptive functioning” means a person’s capacity to gain personal independence, based on the person’s ability to learn and apply ...
have a developmental disability, the following procedures are to be followed in these cases^29 : If the individual is 18 years ...
treatment to the individual is most likely not a psychologist and is not qualified to provide such a diagnosis even though he or ...
It is ARCH’s understanding that the intent of the Ministry was that eligibility for services was to be reviewed every five years ...
individual to frame their life plans and goals. They may include such things as the type of residential housing the person would ...
new decision. There are Stage 2 and 3 requests to review an eligibility decision. Each stage has its own set timelines and docum ...
The lack of adequate funding and resources means that appropriate supports and services cannot be provided quickly. Often person ...
New applications are to be made through one of the nine Ministry of Community and Social Services Developmental Services Offices ...
Special Services at Home Special Services at Home (SSAH) Program is now only available for children. Both children who have be ...
their community. Without funding and with limited services and resources, families often have to decide whether to change the em ...
There is no indication of when the Ontario government plans to begin funding this program, what the criteria may be for eligibil ...
possibility that people with disabilities will have more autonomy, control and self-determination over their lives.^37 V. Compla ...
This concern about the potential risk to the individual who is making the complaint is often the reason that complaints are not ...
Ontario Regulation 299/10, “Quality Assurance Measures”, provides further details on the requirements for a Behaviour Support Pl ...
For many people who have been labelled with an intellectual disability the neglect and exploitation they experience may be more ...
However, as Kerri Joffe stated in “Enforcing the Rights of People with Disabilities in Ontario’s Developmental Services System,” ...
support people have no prescribed recourse. The regulation contains no rights enforcement mechanism for the potential victims of ...
individual. In situations of abuse, the individual may have to be removed from the service provider. In both these situations, a ...
relationships. People labelled with intellectual disabilities are often thought of as “less than human” so they are presumed not ...
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1177981/greater-town-of-napanee-settles- human-rights-claim-with-disabled-residents?relation=org ...
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