At twenty, I was diagnosed with four mental illnesses. It took most of 10 years to correctly diagnose my problems and figure out how to treat them; then, eight years ago, I lost all of the vision in my left eye and 90% in my right. During those ten years, in spite of my struggles, I managed to earn a degree from McMaster University, but by then I had fallen behind my peers, who had been developing the experience, skills, and connections needed to succeed in life; I’ve been trying to catch up ever since.
The Basic Income Pilot afforded […]
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