Connections - Family Advocacy

Seclusion rooms in Alberta schools. Inclusion Alberta
November 7, 2024

UPDATE: NOVEMBER 5, 2024 While this blog is now a year old, it is still as relevant as it was at the start of the school year in 2023 as […]

Survey. PDD & FSCD. Persons with Developmental Disabilities & Family Support for Children with Disabilities. Tell us about your experience. Inclusion Alberta
October 22, 2024

Inclusion Alberta needs your help to understand how people are experiencing PDD (Persons with Developmental Disabilities) and FSCD (Family Support for Children with Disabilities) by completing a survey.   Inclusion Alberta […]

Coalition launches charter challenge of Track 2 MAiD (medical assistance in dying). Inclusion Alberta
October 2, 2024

On September 25, Inclusion Canada, DAWN-RAFH Canada DisAbled Women’s Network Canada/Réseau d’action des femmes, Indigenous Disability Canada, and Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD), alongside two individuals, announced the filing […]

Early Learning & child care. Make your priorities known to the government of Canada. Inclusion Alberta
August 20, 2024

The Government of Canada is seeking input about how its Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) funding is working for families. The federal government committed over $7.5 billion over five […]

May 24, 2024

The Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) was supposed to lift people with disabilities out of poverty. Sadly, the $200/month benefit announced in the 2024 federal budget will not do that. In […]

Denied by Design. Inadequate regulation impacts benefit access for people with developmental disabilities. Alberta Ombudsman. May 7, 2024
May 7, 2024

The Alberta Ombudsman shared today their investigative report on the Persons with Developmental Disabilities (PDD) program. Read the full report here. From the Ombudsman: Alberta Ombudsman finds inadequate Regulation impacts benefit access […]

Canada Dental Care Plan. learn more at a Government of Canada info session

The Government of Canada recently launched the Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP) which aims to ease financial barriers to accessing oral health care for eligible Canadian residents who have an […]

Now is the time to Connect with your MLA about the issues that matter most to you and your family. Inclusion Alberta
April 18, 2024

We need your help to make all MLAs aware of the issues of importance to children and adults with intellectual disabilities and their families. There are many upcoming opportunities (summer […]

K-12 Social Studies Curriculum Feedback Provide the Government of Alberta feedback on the proposed new curriculum by March 29, 2024 Inclusion Alberta
March 22, 2024

The government of Alberta is soliciting the view of Albertans on the draft K-6 Social Studies curriculum, as well of the draft Social Studies Subject Overview for K-12. The feedback […]

March 13, 2024

Our national federation partner, Inclusion Canada, released the following media release in order to raise awareness of an active case in Calgary where the father of a 27-year-old woman with […]