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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2006/11/02/disabled-forum.html
Hundreds of disabled people were expected to converge on Ottawa on Thursday to tell MPs that people with disabilities are better off integrated with society than living in institutions. National, provincial and local disability groups are holding a day-long forum called An Inclusive and Accessible Canada to celebrate the progress made in the last 25 years since the parliamentary report Obstacles was published.
The 1981 report on the lives of people with disabilities identified key obstacles faced by disabled people and started the process of de-institutionalizing them. "We have come a long way and we have a long way to go," Marie White, chair of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities, told CBC News. "I think first and foremost what Canadians with disabilities and their families need is federal leadership." White said the forum will let politicians know that the federal government needs to do more to ease the poverty and exclusion of disabled people in Canada. At the forum, disabled groups will have the opportunity to share their stories and release a national declaration that will call on governments to take action on making the country more inclusive and accessible for disabled people. ( Read more... )
Hundreds of disabled people were expected to converge on Ottawa on Thursday to tell MPs that people with disabilities are better off integrated with society than living in institutions. National, provincial and local disability groups are holding a day-long forum called An Inclusive and Accessible Canada to celebrate the progress made in the last 25 years since the parliamentary report Obstacles was published.
The 1981 report on the lives of people with disabilities identified key obstacles faced by disabled people and started the process of de-institutionalizing them. "We have come a long way and we have a long way to go," Marie White, chair of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities, told CBC News. "I think first and foremost what Canadians with disabilities and their families need is federal leadership." White said the forum will let politicians know that the federal government needs to do more to ease the poverty and exclusion of disabled people in Canada. At the forum, disabled groups will have the opportunity to share their stories and release a national declaration that will call on governments to take action on making the country more inclusive and accessible for disabled people. ( Read more... )
