Updates
Changes to
Ministry's Monthly Reporting Requirements for People With Disabilities.
The Ministry of Employment and Income Assistance (MEIA) has made some changes to the regulations and policy that cover monthly reporting requirements for people receiving the Persons with Disability benefit...read more here at the BCCPD website.
The Cost of Eating in BC 2007
Dietitians of Canada, BC Region in partnership with the Community Nutritionists Council of BC produced this 2007 report to demonstrate that some groups within our population are denied the right to safe and nutritious food due to limited financial resources. Read more here.
"The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) released a landmark decision concerning the right of individuals with disabilities to travel by air without having to pay for a second seat, for an attendant or other use, to accommodate their disability... " Read more here.
Free & Inexpensive Adaptive Technology Database
A website provided by tye
Adaptech Research Network
has anonline library of free or inexpensive adaptive software and hardware. Click here for more information.
B.C. Will
Exempt Federal Registered Disability Savings Plan
Click here for more details.
Canada Signs the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
On Friday, March 30th, at 9:00 am the Honourable Peter MacKay signaled Canada’s intention to be a signatory to the United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilitiesand later that morning, the Canadian Ambassador, John McNee attended the official ceremony of the Signing of the Convention on behalf of Canada.
Personal Supports Information Line
1-888-818-1211
1-800-661-8773 TTY
Call the toll-free information line for information on equipment and assistive devices.
SHELTER GRANT INCREASE FOR PEOPLE ON DISABILITY BENEFITS
As of March 28, 2007, the shelter portion of welfare recipient's cheques will rise by $50, from $325 to $375 a month.
Choice Hotels® / CAILC Benefits Program
CAILC is pleased to have entered into a partnership with Choice Hotels Canada to bring you accommodation savings at participating locations worldwide!
Web-4-All - Imagine a person who is blind, someone with a mobility disability, or a senior — each with their own unique requirements — using the same computer workstation. It would be helpful if that station easily configured itself to accommodate each individual's particular needs and preferences. The Adaptive Technology Resource Centre (ATRC) at the University of Toronto has developed Web-4-All, a system for easily configuring multi-user public access computer workstations.
Google tests more accessible Web search for people who are blind - Google Inc. has begun testing a new version of its search system that makes finding information on the Web easier for people who are blind or have low vision. (As well as for people who have dyslexia).
Freeware for people who are blind or have low vision.
A CITY company has successfully launched the world's first free-talking computer software - Thunder - which is likely to be a storming success for people who are blind or have low vision worldwide. All that is needed to use the Thunder screenreader is a computer running Windows 2000, Windows XP or Vista, plus speakers or headphones. For more information and to download Thunder for free, visit www.screenreader.net
Effective March 1, 2006 the Ministry of Employment and Income Assistance has increased the earnings exemptions for persons with disabilities from $400 per month to $500 per month and from $300 per month to $500 per month for persons with persistent multiple barriers.
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