Source: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/09/we-are-living-in-fear-of-what-life-will-be-like-when-jobseeker-is-cut-back-julie-stephen
Month: March 2021
Advocates Urge Liberals to Cancel ‘Devastating’ Cut to Services for Canadians With Print Reading Disabilities
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$4 million cut comes as shock to those who rely on services to curb isolation during pandemic Richard Raycraft, CBC News Posted: Mar 07, 2021…
Blind Fans Outraged By Decision to Simulcast Blue Jays Games This Season!
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For Immediate Release, March 8, 2021 A number of long-time blind baseball fans are outraged over the recent announcement that Toronto Blue Jays games will…
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/mar/07/widow-sues-nhs-over-deaf-husbands-diabolical-care
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/mar/07/special-needs-pupils-in-england-living-in-dread-of-returning-to-the-classroom
Coalition says NDIS change is ‘streamlining’ but critics say it is cost-cutting exercise
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/04/rishi-sunak-generosity-must-go-further-to-avert-a-long-term-economic-crisis
Sustained funding that we can rely on is crucial to our ability to plan and maintain the services we provide to our users. In its…
Advocacy Group for Visually Impaired Canadians Says Ottawa’s Funding Application was Inaccessible
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By KRISTY KIRKUP Globe and Mail, Mar. 3, 2021 OTTAWA – An advocacy group for blind Canadians is accusing the federal government of negligence after…
News provided by Easter Seals Ontario Mar 01, 2021 TORONTO, March 1, 2021 /CNW/ – Easter Seals Ontario, now in its 99th year of operation,…