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The three most-prevalent forms of disability in Canada are chronic pain issues, mobility, and flexibility limitations. Around 11% of Canadian adults experience one of these disability types, and 40% of those people have had all three at the same time. [1] Disabled people in Canada have historically experienced many forms of discrimination and ...
List of disability organizations This is a list of disability organizations, including advocacy groups and charities that provide services to people with disabilities.
Persons with developmental disabilities use individually planned and coordinated services and supports of their choosing (e.g., housing, employment, education, civil and human rights protection, health care) to live in and to participate in activities in the community." These services and supports are different in every state and there is ...
The World report on disability ( WRD) is the first document to give an extensive global picture of the situation of people with disabilities, their needs, and the barriers they face to participating fully in their societies. The aim of the report is to support the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
In the Backgrounder on Accessible Government [17] provided by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), several other items have been outlined which pertain to the public sector. Perhaps the most immediate will be the five-year commitment for the public sector to hire a thousand employees per year who identify as people with disabilities .
Canadian people with disabilities. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Canadian people. It includes Canadian people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Biography portal. Canada portal.
Pages in category "Lists of people with disabilities" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Disability is the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society. [1] Disabilities may be cognitive, developmental, intellectual, mental, physical, sensory, or a combination of multiple factors. Disabilities can be present from birth or can be ...