‘Federal and provincial/territorial disability supports have provided only the most modest top-ups during the pandemic.’ (Pexel photo) The global pandemic has been hard on Canadians, but it has hit families affected by disability disproportionately, particularly young families. School-aged children with disabilities were suddenly without supports of any kind .
Schools were shuttered in March, and while remote learning was put in place, gone were educational assistants or special-needs coordinators. Parents were expected to teach their children alone, many of them still juggling full-time work.
Therapy centres were also shut down until recently in most provinces, which meant that psychological, speech and […]
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