Disability Law Primer (PDF) - ARCH Disability Law Centre

frustration and disillusion from not being able to make one’s choices or needs understood that the person exhibits “aggressive b ...

In these situations, counsel must ensure that they are fulfilling their duty to accommodate so that the client can engage in a s ...

IX. APPENDIX “A” ...

How does the regulation affect your eligibility for adult developmental services? if you are an adult who transitioned from SSAH ...

How does the regulation affect your child’s eligibility for adult developmental services? if your child receives SSAH funding, a ...

Chapter 8 Attendant Services Edgar-André Montigny, Staff Lawyer, ARCH Disability Law Centre September 2013 Current to September ...

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VIII. Tools for Enforcing Clients’ Rights ...................................................................................... ...

I. Overview ‘Attendant services’ is a general term for various types of assistance provided to persons with physical disabilitie ...

Attendant services or Personal Support Services, which include assistance with personal hygiene activities, bathing, eating, dre ...

independently. Instead they would be dependent upon informal services provided by untrained friends or family, or they would be ...

For CCAC services, a person is only able to access services that are available within the person’s CCAC catchment area. Not all ...

upon a perceived inability to direct services can be challenged. Service should not be terminated on the basis that a person can ...

A. Support Services Living Units/ Assisted Living Services in Supportive Housing Support Service Living Units (SSLU) or Assisted ...

month unless special approval has been obtained.^22 If further hours are still required, it may be possible to combine attendant ...

Direct Funding is a program of grants for persons with disabilities established under the Ministry of Community and Social Servi ...

IV. Service Providers: Community Care Access Centres While a variety of agencies provide attendant services,^26 the majority of ...

CCACs will also co-ordinate the application process for admission to long-term care facilities, co-ordinate and arrange respite ...

A. Questions about Quantity of Services Decisions about the number of hours of service or the types of services provided are usu ...

the services provided can also hamper a person’s ability or willingness to discuss their situation in any detail. Having an advo ...