Accessibility News, Health Related Articles
Posted to Site: November 22nd, 2010
Index
- Ontario Students Face Long Waits for Mental Health help, Warns New Report May 17, 2012
- Changes to Delivery of Services for Developmentally Disabled Have Advocates Vexed May 9, 2012
- Canadian Gov't Inaction on Mental Health Hurts Economy, Families: Report May 8, 2012
- This is No Job for Police, Deputy Chief Says May 7, 2012
- Parents Wire Kids to Prove Teachers' Verbal Abuse April 27, 2012
- Canadian Technology Improving the Lives of the Mentally Challenged April 27, 2012
- Disable the Label Helping Depressed Students April 16, 2012
- Taxi of Tomorrow Faces Lawsuits of the Day After April 11, 2012
- Not Myself Today: Every Canadian Encouraged to Pledge Support and Map their Mood this April April 3, 2012
- Mental Health Help Line Expands Across Northeast March 28, 2012
- Do Social Networks Make Us Sick? March 26, 2012
- Saskatchewan to Close One of Last Remaining Institutions for Mentally Disabled February 27, 2012
- Toronto Police Need to Improve the Way They Deal With Mentally Ill People February 15, 2012
- Facebook Takes a Toll on Your Mental Health February 7, 2012
- Mental Illness Rampant, Untreated in Jails Says Union January 27, 2012
- Mom at Wit's End January 23, 2012
- Plan to Change Autism Definition Has Some Worried January 23, 2012
- Advocating for InvisAbilities January 12, 2012
- Is Our Society Prejudiced Against Children? January 11, 2012
- Students with ADHD Have Legal Right to Supports in School January 11, 2012
- Lawyers Donate Expertise to Sick Kids Families January 9, 2012
- Ontario Insurers Leave Catastrophically Injured at Risk January 9, 2012
- Guess Who Funds Biggest Project Ever to House the Homeless? Stephen Harper December 27, 2011
- Falling through the cracks December 26, 2011
- Mental Illness Linked to Higher Mortality Rates December 8, 2011
- Mental Health Advocates Find Police Training Inadequate October 13, 2011
- Put the AODA Customer Service Feedback Process to Work! October 6, 2011
- Local School Doesn’t Meet Accessibility Requirements for Election September 26, 2011
- Hit Them With the Statistics September 23, 2011
- Province, Developmental Service Employers in Durham Region Must Rethink Options to Stabilize Supports and Avoid Service Disruptions September 23, 2011
- Make mental health treatment an issue September 12, 2011
- Denied: Province Cuts Off Muscular Dystrophy Sufferer From a Special Diet Allowance September 8, 2011
- Toronto Police Handcuffed Mentally Challenged Boy After 'Uncontrollable' Behaviour August 31, 2011
- Labour Leader Joins Injured Workers for Sit In August 19, 2011
- Boy ‘Not Disabled Enough’ to Receive Tax Credit August 15, 2011
- Debating the Facts August 13, 2011
- Hundreds Gather to Remember Charlie August 9, 2011
- OPSEU Welcomes Delay in PPAO Divestment to CMHA August 8, 2011
- Henderson: Rallying Support for Psychiatric Patients August 5, 2011
- Ontario's Mental Health Patients Not Getting Follow-Up Care They Need: Study August 4, 2011
- Mental Health Courts Guide Offenders to Treatment, Not a Jail Cell July 27, 2011
- Flash Mob Project Creates Awareness of Environmental Sensitivities July 25, 2011
- Draft Report Calls for Reduction of Suicide Stigma July 20, 2011
- Psychiatric Survivors Continue to Fight Against the Stigma of Mental Illness July 20, 2011
- System Failed Mentally Ill Teen July 18, 2011
- Cops Want Mental Health Supports Improved July 14, 2011
- Goar: Ontario Takes a Backward Step on Mental Health July 13, 2011
- Media Release: Crisis in Care for People With Developmental Disabilities in Hamilton June 29, 2011
- Henderson: No Justice for the Intellectually Disabled June 10, 2011
- Unequal Access to Mental Health and Addictions Services Threatens Ontarians May 31, 2011
- Good Jobs a Lifeline for People With Mental Illness May 28, 2011
- Losing Hope May 27, 2011
- New Program for Mentally Ill Teens Will Help Them With Transition to Adulthood May 26, 2011
- Young Woman Faces Insurance Hoops Due to Father With Huntington's May 19, 2011
- Emergency Department Visited Often By Adults With Intellectual Disabilities May 18, 2011
- Bell's $10-Million Donation Hailed as Mental-Health Game-Changer May 13, 2011
- Crisis in Care for People With Developmental Disabilities in Guelph Wellington May 10, 2011
- Youth Mental Health Campaign Targets Provincial Government May 6, 2011
- Will Disabilities Law See Light of Day? May 2, 2011
- Stigma and Challenges Continue for Mental Health Care April 27, 2011
- Lots of Rhetoric, But Little Action April 20, 2011
- Ontario Judge Rules Mentally Ill Can Be Held in Jails April 18, 2011
- Book Aims to Erase Stigma of Mental Illness April 4, 2011
- Parents, Workers Lament Lack of Funding for Developmentally Handicapped March 31, 2011
- Mental Health Issues at Root of Most Youth Crime, Conference Told March 25, 2011
- You're Not Really Disabled March 21, 2011
- OPSEU Calls on the McGuinty Government to "Walk the Talk on Mental Health" March 9, 2011
- Participants of Epilepsy Action Day at Queen's Park Address Issues Facing Ontario's Epilepsy Community March 3, 2011
- Parking Punishes Handicapped February 21, 2011
- Mental Health the Final Frontier in Diversity February 21, 2011
- Pay $1,800 a Day or Get Out: Hospital February 21, 2011
- Call for Submissions: 2011/12 EnAbling Change Partnership Program, The Accessibility Directorate of Ontario February 17, 2011
- Sexuality of the Disabled Often Overlooked February 11, 2011
- Disability tax credit claims probed February 10, 2011
- Why Does Disabled Son Have So Many Fewer Choices in Life? January 29, 2011
- Ottawa Parents Appeal to Premier After U.S. Facility Refuses to Treat Mentally Ill Daughter January 26, 2011
- Province Heading for Autism Showdown: MacDonald January 19, 2011
- The Price of Poverty and Pain January 19, 2011
- Jenkins Aim to Bring Sled Hockey to SoCal January 18, 2011
- Lack of Mental Health Services Leave Advocate Dismayed January 18, 2011
- Huntsville to Host 2012 Ontario ParaSport Winter Games January 17, 2011
- Province's Refusal to Fund Needed Drug Appalling January 14, 2011
- Seeking a Few Good Ideas January 10, 2011
- Accessibility Committee Celebrates Victories January 8, 2011
- Is OLG Failing Problem Gamblers? January 7, 2011
- National Post Editorial Board: Yet More Proof That Veterans Deserve Better January 5, 2011
- Ontario Mental Health System Faces Overhaul December 30, 2010
- Autistic Adults Being Left Behind: Parents December 27, 2010
- $25M for Autism 'Raises a Lot of Questions' December 15, 2010
- Meeting the Needs of Special Needs Students Virtually December 9, 2010
- Children with autism in Ontario face an uphill battle when seeking provincially funded treatment, reports Pauline Tam November 22, 2010
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2010
- Mentally Ill Offenders Swamping Prisons
- ‘Radical transformation’ needed for mental health care, Kitchener forum told
- Union Backs Some of Scathing Report
- Ontario’s Mental-Health System Needs to Be Fixed now
- Sorbara Advised Jail for Aggressive Autistic Teen, Mom Claims
- Report Urges Changes to Mental Health Care in Ontario.
- The Struggle to Get Help for an Autistic Child
- Many with Rheumatoid Arthritis Not Getting Needed Care
- Mental Health Training Urged
- Self-Harm Visits to Emergency Room (ER) a Greater Problem in Waterloo Region Than Across Province
- Interim Mental Health Report Released
- Coyle: Province’s Silence on Mental Health Leaves Advocates Fearing for the Future
- New Court Offers Local Help to Those With Mental Illness
- Eroding Services Take Toll on Kids
2009
- Bitter Income Dispute Leaves Sick Man Without Disability Benefits, Medications
- OPSEU, MPP Urge Inquest
- Margaret Frazer House Demands Action on Reducing the Financial Barrier to Healthcare for People with Mental Illness
- Mental Health Programs Lacking: Gelinas
- More Lives Shattered
- Guelph Girl With Tumor Rides for Kids’ Camps
- OPSEU: Health Care Workers Still at Risk Despite CAMH Guilty Plea and Fine
- Richmond Hill Family Wants Answers in Son’s Death
- Universal Health Care Does Not Necessarily Include the Disabled
- ’We Need That Drug Card’
- Ontario Liberals Cut Off Benefits for Parents of Severely Disabled Child
- A Father’s Reflection in a Time of Pain
- Dentists Need Patience to Treat Special-Needs Patients
- Autism and Schools
- Bed Closures at Brockville Mental Health Facility “outrageous” says OPSEU
- ‘Institutional Mindset’ Must Go
- Backlog of Autistic Kids Waiting for Treatment Growing too Quickly: NDP
- Local Parents Launch Provincial Fight for Autistic Kids
- Group Urges Parents to Complain to Ombudsman
- North ‘Pioneers’ Mental Health Program
- Residents with Disabilities Demand Changes
- Children’s Mental Health Being Ignored
- Don’t Forsake These Teens
- Youth Mental Health Agency in Crisis
- Getting Help a ‘Hit-and-Miss’ situation
- Ontario Faces Constitutional Challenge Over Disability Funding
- Canada: Provincial Court Rules Ontario Benefits Law Discriminates Against Alcoholics, Drug Addicts
- Young volunteer wins Ontario medal
- Children Not Getting Help They Need
- Housing Hell: Our most vulnerable living in deplorable conditions
- Local Girl Honoured at Queen’s Park During World Autism Day
- Children’s Mental Health Ontario disappointed in budget
- Ontario Boosts Funding for Autism Treatment
- The Team That Takes on Mental Crises
- Man Running to Raise Awareness on Mental Health
- CUPE Members Tell McGuinty: Keep Your Promise to Persons With a Developmental Disability
- ALS Patient On Hunger Strike Over Home Care
- Mother Desperate to Get Help for Ill Son
- Parents Seek More Than Detentions
- Parents Battle for Special Kids
- Mom Fights to Keep Son in Residence
- Ontario Fails Patients Who Require Urgent Care, Critics Say
- Rural Kids Face Crisis
- Mental Health Court a Success
2008
- Local Parents Support Special Ed Report
- Sex Assault Victim Falls Through Cracks
- National Rates of Co-occurring Substance Use and Mental Disorders Call for Better Integration of Mental Health and Addictions Services
- Mental health supports lacking
- Pompe Sufferers Leery of New Drug
- Children in Mental Health Limbo
- Mental Illness Carries ‘Stigma’ In Small Towns
- Dealing With Nental Illness Cases
- NDP Leadership Wannabe Fights For Special-needs Kids
- Schools Fail At Recognizing Mental Disorders
- Supreme Court of Canada(SCOC) Refuses To Hear Appeal on Autistic Children
- Charges Against CAMH Sends Strong Signal to Other Health Care Facilities: OPSEU President
- Waiting for The Visitors Who Never Come
- Breaking Down Mental Illness Stigma Can Save Employers Billions: Expert

