Turning 18 isn't sweet for youth with disabilities. Most respondents in a new Ontario survey said adult health providers didn't meet their needs and many were judged, ignored and treated as inferior.
Academic rounds are being created by two bereaved American mothers. They say discrimination towards children with disabilities is common in pediatric care.
Parents of almost half of 1,189 young Canadian children with disabilities reported difficulty finding child care in a new research article from Statistics Canada.
1 in 10 parents said their child had been denied a space due to their condition. For parents of children with physical or emotional disabilities, this rose to 1 in 4.
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Denise Silva,
Master's in Social Work student, Family Navigation Hub
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Tell It Like It Is is a fun, evidence-based nine-lesson curriculum about dating, bodies, sexuality and sex for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Developed by Creative Options Regina.
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There’s something different about Ugo the unicorn. All the other unicorns in Wildberry Forest have long, white horns, but not Ugo. Can Ugo show his friends that not every unicorn needs a horn? For kids aged 6 to 7. Author Shani Dhanda is a British disability activist with brittle bone disease.
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