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Sarah Colero
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29/disabled/Toronto
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medical cannabis and (lack of) disability rights

aquired brain injury (ABIs), CPTSD, migraines🤕
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MAID legislation timeline in Canada
MAID TIMELINE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN DYING LEGISLATION IN CANADA
November 28, 2024 at 12:11 AM
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When you realize Doug Ford is more "liberal" than Justin Trudeau. 👀
Meme. Picture of Justin Trudeau shaking Doug Ford's hand and smiling at the camera. Beside Ford: "$200 to every age & class" Beside Trudeau: "$250 exclusively to employed individuals under $150k" Bottom: " the Conservative has the more liberal bribe"
November 27, 2024 at 11:58 PM
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Quote from the U.N special rapport on Canada's amendments to MAID in 2021.

So true. People don't typically intend to discriminate in policy or in society. But it's not about the intent – it's about the impact. It's always about the impact.
"The thing about ableist assumptions is nobody in the Senate on the House of Commons intends this. It's all about the impact your legislation is going to have." - Gerard Quinn, UN rappoteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
October 25, 2023 at 8:02 PM
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www.cmaj.ca/content/195/...

Later on in the report they come to the conclusion that unmet needs aren't a driving cause of MAID.

...How can they make said conclusion when:

1) they earlier admitted there's no official record of this data

2) the MAID report with their data for the past year is late
Screenshot stating: "In other words, social distress may contribute directly to the suffering that drives a MAiD request, yet, if unmet supportive needs were driving requests for MAiD to any substantial degree, the incidence of MAiD would be higher in populations with greater supportive needs or lower socioeconomic status. Once again, the opposite is true."
October 25, 2023 at 7:55 PM
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CMAJ report on what drives people to MAID in Canada:

"MAiD reporting from most jurisdictions does not include
data on disabilities or support services,"

Federal gov has their own "reports" that are "difficult to either confirm or refute, since no objective measure of access to services exists."
Screenshot reading: Another question to be addressed is whether MAiD requests could be the result of inadequate supportive resources for people with disabilities. Socioeconomic deprivation is known to be a strong driver of mortality and chronic illness worldwide, and people with disabilities often struggle to obtain the supports they need even in high-income countries. Although MAiD reporting from most jurisdictions does not include data on disabilities or support services, Canada's federal reports suggest that fewer than 2% of MAiD recipients lack access to needed disability supports in the opinion of the MAiD provider,. which is difficult to either confirm or refute, since no objective measure of access to services exists. However, similar to the provision of palliative care, important differences exist in the supportive needs and the resources available to different population groups as they near the end of life.
October 25, 2023 at 7:50 PM
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"The thing about ableist assumptions is nobody in the Senate on the House of Commons intends this. It's all about the impact your legislation is going to have."

Did Parliment not consider the impact, or did they know the impact and do it anyway hoping no one of relevance would notice?

Either way 👀
Screenshot: "The thing about ableist assumptions is nobody in the Senate on the House of Commons intends this. It's all about the impact your legislation is going to have." - Gerard Quinn, UN rappoteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
October 19, 2023 at 9:41 PM