Persons with disabilities need accommodations and supports, not medically assisted death

 By Robin Acton As the mother of a young woman with an intellectual disability and the wife of someone with a significant physical disability, I know full well the value and meaning of their lives. Their lives, like my own, are defined by who they are, who they love, their

It will soon be easier and faster to get a medically assisted death than many disability supports

 By Trudo Lemmens and Leah Krakowitz-Broker To meet the twice-renewed deadline imposed by the Quebec Superior Court in the Truchon case, the federal government is pushing its new Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) bill through Parliament before year’s end.  They should go back to the drawing board and start again. Truchon ruled sections

What does the government’s promised ‘disability lens’ really mean?

 The last minute Liberal election commitment to apply a disability lens to all federal government decisions was both fought for and welcomed widely by the disability community across the country. But it’s easy to promise. Now the government must deliver.  The pledge for a disability lens meets its first test