Dear Community Partner,

Disability Alliance BC (DABC) is writing to let you know that Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) has released a new simplified Canada Pension Plan Disability (CPP-D) application package. The new application was developed in consultation with DABC and other community organizations.

This simplified application consists of a single form rather than multiple separate forms. The new form also contains more reader-friendly language and provides examples and tips to help guide people through the application process so that it is easier.

The new application form is also electronically fillable and allows applicants to save and retrieve information. This change will make it easier to complete the application over multiple sittings if required. In addition, nurse practitioners will now be able to complete and certify CPP-D medical reports on behalf of their patients.

The new application form is available on the Government of Canada’s website:
https://catalogue.servicecanada.gc.ca/content/EForms/en/Detail.html?Form=ISP1151.

DABC is pleased with the introduction of these much needed improvements to the CPP-D application process. For more information about these changes please contact our Senior CPP-D Advocate Ashley Silcock at 604-872-1278 or 1-800-663-1278.

The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has released its new Policy on accessible education for students with disabilities, along with recommendations on how to best meet legal obligations under Ontario’s Human Rights Code.

To read the new policy, please click here.

DABC has received the following information about a new project and workshop.

The Inclusive Early Childhood Service System (IECSS) Project is excited to announce that we are holding our first youth advisory workshop in Ottawa on October 13-14, 2018. The workshop will be using the approach of Shaking the Movers. The purpose of the workshop is to hear from young people about their ideas and perspectives on issues related to their lived experiences using a rights‐based approach.

We are recruiting young people to participate in this workshop —  ages 10-18 living in Canada, who identify as having a disability, as deaf, or as having gifts (consistent with Indigenous worldview).

The flyer can be downloaded in English and French and an ASL version of the flyer is available here: https://youtu.be/jIV8z8QAm0E

If you have any questions about the workshop or registration process, please email Abneet at: abneet.atwal@ryerson.ca.

We are also looking for youth facilitators between 20-25 years old, who identify as having a disability, as deaf, or as having gifts (consistent with Indigenous worldview). If you know anyone interested in facilitating, contact Daniella Bendo for more information: DaniellaBendo@cmail.carleton.ca.