CAPD

Canadian Association of Professionals with Disabilities

[CAPD @CnProfessionals]

Many unemployed/underemployed skilled persons w #disabilities become “professional volunteers.” Have parts of the #nonprofit sector grown comfortable relying on this free/underpaid talent & does pushing 4 equal access to paid #employment always align w their financial interests?

[CAPD @CnProfessionals]

Indigenous Student Support Specialist (Req # 46695) position has been posted and below is the direct link to the live posting: University of Toronto

External: https://t.co/6mhm7YePQh

[CAPD @CnProfessionals]

https://t.co/FZwKtiN6BB

[CTV News @CTVNews]

‘I’m relieved:’ Blind Ontario man awarded $28,000 for facing discrimination https://t.co/chqLQmKMKs

[CAPD @CnProfessionals]

Despite Canada’s labour shortage, workers with disabilities are often left behind /via @globeandmail https://t.co/Iz4rUZ1vk1

[CAPD @CnProfessionals]

For any updates to when the #CanadaDisabilityBenefit will be rolled out, here is the direct link to the Federal Government’s page on it. https://t.co/vFWGDb61EW

[CAPD @CnProfessionals]

Only 32 per cent of Canadians surveyed by KPMG in Canada believe their workplace is a safe environment for them to disclose their disability to others

https://t.co/I4VdQ2WG7R.

[CAPD @CnProfessionals]

https://t.co/84PF6gXb6w

[Liz "blue tick" Carr @thelizcarr]

Thanks for all the support for my doc #BetterOffDead @BBCOne

If you want to know why me & many other disabled people oppose assisted suicide, watch on iPlayer.

And if you think what's happening in Canada would never happen here? Jersey are voting on an almost identical law...

[Michael J. Prince @princepolity]

Effective immediately, I have resigned from Minister @KamalKheraLib Disability Advisory Group. I am deeply disappointed in what #Budget2024 provided for the Canada Disability Benefit.

Read my full letter here.

[tern @1goodtern]

Earlier this week I chatted with a man who has just lost his wife (four weeks after a covid infection, but that's not the point of this thread).
He said that he's not going to hold a funeral for her. It's just going to be him and his son watching her coffin be taken into the crematorium, no service.
Here's why:

[Every Canadian Counts @EveryCdnCounts]

ECC is advocating for a National Disability Insurance Plan, - Built for Canadians by Canadians. It would provide the disability support, that’s actually needed. A NDIP would provide financial security, diminish wait lists and is transportable. Join us https://t.co/YmTxMTrCNa

[Every Canadian Counts @EveryCdnCounts]

Many here are poor and have long-term disabilities. It’s why we are fighting for a national disability insurance plan to end this life sentence of disability despair. Join us at https://t.co/YmTxMTrCNa and shout with one voice “WE WANT A NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE PLAN!.

[CBC News @CBCNews]

His Nissan Leaf battery died.
One year later, he's still waiting for a replacement. https://t.co/OS1BQSlYb5 .

[IDC/BCANDS 🇨🇦 @BCANDS1]

Calling on all @NDP MP's @theJagmeetSingh to support Ed Fast's @HonEdFast Private Member's Bill C-314 which affirms, “a mental disorder is not a grievous and irremediable medical condition" Persons with disabilities / mental illness need our support, not euthanasia.

[CAPD @CnProfessionals]

Surrey woman says employers need to focus on disability employment awareness https://t.co/n8aag8rVT3 via @surreynowleader

[Margo Victoria Bok @margobok]

@PierrePoilievre @KamalKheraLib @CQualtro @JustinTrudeau @Disability_WP @CanadianLabour @MorrisMike @yfblanchet @theJagmeetSingh @BonitaZarrillo #bcpoli #cdnpoli #nspoli #ontpoli #abpoli #nlpoli #skpoli #mbpoli #qcpoli #peipoli @planinstitute #CanadaDisabilityBenefit #MAiD

[Margo Victoria Bok @margobok]

Disab professionals r more likely: stuck in entry level/precarious work;lower paid; have longer/more frequent unemploymt leadg 2 poverty/much lower CPP contributns meaning more likely 2 bcome poor senrs. #CanadaDisabilityBenefit xcludes disab senrs https://t.co/NBJb2V8xYR #MAiD

[CAPD @CnProfessionals]

Professionals with disabilities more likely to be stuck in entry level positions: report @cdninteriors https://t.co/Cb4nxJ8fhO

[CAPD @CnProfessionals]

#DERB #CDB #CanadaDisabilityBenefit #CRPD #HumanRights #bcpoli #cdnpoli #nspoli #ontpoli #abpoli #nlpoli #skpoli #mbpoli #qcpoli #nspolitics #peipoli #Disability

[Margo Victoria Bok @margobok]

@AShoutAbout @Ryan783282 For many workers with disabilities, their CPP at age 60 is barely over $300/m and many are under $300/m. This is a stark reminder of years of unemployment, underemployed, precarious work, marginalization, discrimination, and low pay., being shut out of pension opportunities.1/2