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A New ODSP

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In the beginning, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) was meant to bring people with disabilities into society. That was the goal: inclusion. Somewhere along the way, ODSP became a means to push people with disabilities into society by getting them off ODSP (and the government financial assistance and/or humanitarian subsidies). That become the goal: save … Read more

Disability: Relationship Burden

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To Whom It May Concern, This is not the first time anyone has asked if having a disability means being a “burden” in a relationship. I believe such questions require or at least deserve honesty, even if uncomfortable at times. Let me begin by saying “yes” a disability can be a burden, in the sense … Read more