Workshops and Consultations

We provide workshops to community organizations, health care providers, businesses, and government.

DABC provides workshops across BC to share information on provincial and federal (CPP-D) disability benefits, the Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP), Disability Tax Credit (DTC), and income tax filing.

We ask that a minimum of ten participants be confirmed for all our workshops.

Please see the contact form at the bottom of this page.

Workshops We Offer

Tax Filing

Our Tax AID DABC program provides workshops on simple income tax filing issues for people with disabilities, common tax filing credits, options for dealing with tax debt, options for filing your income taxes, strategies for communicating with Canada Revenue Agency, and other programs that can be accessed through income tax filing.

Disability Benefits

DABC advocates provide workshops on provincial disability benefits (Persons with Disabilities (PWD) and the Persons with Persistent and Multiple Barriers (PPMB) benefits), as well as federal disability benefits (Canadian Pension Plan-Disability). The workshops include information about financial and medical eligibility criteria and the supplementary supports that are attached to PWD and PPMB. The workshop can be tailored to the needs of the organization or group.

RDSP/DTC

Access RDSP advocates provide workshops on the eligibility criteria for the DTC, strategies for communicating with your doctor, options if your DTC application is denied, eligibility criteria for the Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP), tips for communicating with your bank, information about Canada Disability Savings grants and bonds, best practices for maximizing RDSP benefits, and accessing the Endowment 150 grant.

What is the cost for DABC to deliver a workshop, provide feedback or participate in engagement with other organizations?

DABC is a non-profit organization and registered charity dedicated to promoting a more inclusive and equitable society for people with all disabilities. We offer workshops upon request to organizations related to disability benefits, disability law, the Accessible BC Act, and tax filing. We also provide cross-disability feedback and participate in engagement activities upon request. These services are primarily offered to other non-profit organizations and community groups free of charge.

For for-profit and more financially secure organizations, such as businesses, government and public sector agencies, unions and universities we respectfully request that an honoraria is provided to DABC to recognize the lived experience and expertise of our staff. An overwhelming majority of our staff, and all of our board of directors are people with disabilities.

While we cannot place a value on lived experience, we hope that any organization in a position to contribute financially by offering an honoraria does so on a pay-what-you-can basis. We appreciate any and all support. For organizations that need more direction on how much to financially contribute, we suggest $200 per hour. Please note that as DABC has limited staff capacity, we reserve the right to decline an offer of honoraria for the above listed services, and will strive to prioritize providing these services to non-profit organizations and community groups where possible.

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