Law, Disability & SC

The Law, Disability & Social Change Project research centre is pleased to share our 2023 – 2024 annual report. Please click the link below to view. lawdisabilitysocialchange.com/2025/07/17/ann…

Truly thrilled for this upcoming webinar on disabled youth advocacy with four amazing panellists, and excited that @ItsCarlyFox is collaborating with us at @LawDisabilitySC ! Friday, May 23 at noon EDT. More info below.

Join us for “Leadership in Canadian Disabled Youth Advocacy: Pathways & Intersections” May 23, 12-1:30pm EDT w/our panelists @DisabilitywAnna, Jay B, Logan W, Nicole C. Moderated by @ItsCarlyFox w/opening + closing remarks by Prof @LavJacobs! tinyurl.com/2vszyeyu

Canada is being heard this afternoon at CRPD. #UNCRPD #PWD #humanrights @UNgeneva

UN rapporteur Laverne Jacobs highlights that the UK government's benefits assessments process has led to around 600 deaths in the last 3 years #CRPD24 What answer does the government have to that?

Call for Abstracts The Disability Rights Working Group @BerkeleyLaw Center on Comparative Equality & Anti-Discrimination Law (BCCE) welcomes abstracts for an online seminar on faculty + staff disability-related policies. View submission info here: docs.google.com/document/d/13g…

The United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities was celebrated December 3rd with the theme- Amplifying the leadership of persons with disabilities for an inclusive and sustainable future. #IDPD2024 #PWD #DisabilityDay #HumanRights #Equality

Check out Professor Laverne Jacobs UNCRPD Member 2023 Newsletter on the @LawDisabilitySC website for an overview of @LavJacobs's activities during the 28th and 29th sessions of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in Geneva: bit.ly/4eydOM2 #CRPD

September is National Guide Dog Awareness Month, celebrating the significant role that guide dogs, & their volunteers play in fostering inclusive communities for #PWDs. Discover how society can help create a supportive environment for these partnerships: bit.ly/3TWQ0tp

BC Gov't announces #PWD receiving provincial disability assistance can keep full amount of the new #CanadaDisabilityBenefit. @Disability_WP says it's a step in the right direction but more work is needed to lift Canadians with disabilities out of poverty: bit.ly/4e1vfVh

The Market Basket Measure sets the official poverty line in Canada but fails to consider the extra costs of living for #PWD. Measuring poverty accurately is essential to guiding gov't policy & developing programs that ensure #PWD get the support they need. bit.ly/4dSdDew

Check out @LawDisabilitySC's Human Rights and Disability Case Summaries at bit.ly/3Xxn7Vo These include summaries of select decisions from #HumanRightsTribunals in ON, BC, AB, and the CHRT rendered during July & August, 2024. *Not intended as advice* #PWD #HumanRights

New #AI software developed by @adahealth aims to address barriers that many #PWD experience when accessing medical care & trying to receive a diagnosis, such as long wait times, a lack of #accessibility, & discrimination. Read more here: bit.ly/3XCPoeD

“Women with Disabilities Stigma Inventory,” is a survey tool published by @UN_Women & @UNDP used to collect data about the experiences of women & girls with disabilities globally in relation to stigma, discrimination, & gender-based violence. Learn more: bit.ly/3TiT7vi

@adahealth has developed #AI software which aims to address barriers that many #PWD experience when accessing medical care & trying to receive a diagnosis, such as long wait times, a lack of #accessibility, & discrimination. Read more here: bit.ly/3XCPoeD

Click the link below to access the campaign’s interactive flashcards, videos, and additional resources to learn more about the disability community and the efforts of those advocating for justice:  bchumanrights.ca/key-issues/rew…

BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner’s #ReWriteTheRules campaign, invites the disability community & allies to unpack how unwritten rules about disability may inspire #inclusion or emphasize spaces, systems, & attitudes that create #barriers for #PWD.

Isaiah Kioiloglou, part of @iocyoungleaders, aims to create employment opportunities for women with disabilities through goalball, a sport featured in the #Paralympics2024, & through her project ‘Cycle of Femmability.’ Learn more about the project here: bit.ly/4dRY06y

#CRPD31 ✅The CRPD Committee has concluded its 31st session with reviews of 9 States. Concluding Observations for Belarus 🇧🇾, Belgium 🇧🇪, Benin 🇧🇯, Burkina Faso 🇧🇫, Denmark 🇩🇰, Ghana 🇬🇭, Mauritius 🇲🇺, Netherlands 🇳🇱, and Ukraine 🇺🇦 will be published soon: internationaldisabilityalliance.org/blog/crpd-comm…

Take a look at @CanFASD’s interactive page to see how you can play a role in creating equitable futures for #PWD:canfasd.ca/fasd-awareness…

September is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Awareness Month, with the 9th designated as International #FASDAwareness Day, established in 1999 to raise awareness, improve diagnosis, and enhance support, as reflected in this year's theme: "Everyone Plays a Part."