Curated News Content
Catch up on disability-related news with our curated news links.
While Albertans with intellectual disabilities and their families are facing times of significant challenges, we are also seeing an unprecedented wave of advocacy. Across the province, individuals and organizations are standing up to defend essential supports and inclusion.
The sheer number of stories below—and their reach across Alberta—shows just how deeply Albertans care about protecting the rights and futures of people with disabilities.
Below, find links to some of the news stories Inclusion Alberta shares through our social media.
January 2026:
- Mark Cherrington substack (Jan. 29, 2026): What the AISH Changes Actually Mean for People Who Rely on It
- Real Talk with Ryan Jespersen (Jan. 28, 2026): Canada’s richest province cuts disability supports
- CityNews (Jan. 20, 2026): Disabled Albertans push back against planned changes to income support program
- CTV News Calgary (Jan. 13, 2026): ‘Silent crisis’: Calgary families facing years-long wait for children’s disability supports
- 680 CHED (Jan. 8, 2026): Alberta’s new disability benefits plan unfair on all counts
- Rotary Canada (Jan. 2026 issue): Ready to work: A partnership finds jobs for people with intellectual disabilities
- Edmonton Journal (Jan. 6, 2026): Why some Alberta AISH recipients fear incoming medical review panels
- Edmonton Journal (Jan. 6, 2026): Opinion: Alberta’s new disability benefits program fails the fairness test
December 2025:
- CBC (Dec. 14, 2025): This AISH recipient is ‘not optimistic’ about Bill 12
- St. Albert Gazette (Dec. 13, 2025): St. Albert advocates concerned with major overhaul to Alberta disability supports
- University of Alberta Cumming School of Medicine: Understanding Bill 12
- Sherwood Park News (Dec. 4, 2025): Provincial AISH changes will create financial, emotional strains: Robin Hood Association
- RDNewsNow (Dec. 3, 2025): International Day of Persons with Disabilities to be recognized
- MyLloydminsterNow (Dec. 3, 2025): International Day of Persons with Disabilities highlights inclusion, advocates warn Alberta’s Bill 12 undermines it
- Edmonton Sun (Dec. 3, 2025): TAIT: Province’s approach to disabled Albertans falls short
- Okotoks Online (Dec. 1, 2025): Alberta’s new ADAP program raises concerns over reduced benefits for disabled persons
November 2025:
- Edmonton Sun (Nov. 30, 2025): Cam Tait: Province announces Stollery triumph as Albertans with disabilities face mounting challenges
- Medicine Hat News (Nov. 29, 2025): Lawyer blasts rollout of AISH changes in omnibus bill
- St. Albert Gazette (Nov. 28, 2025): Rural Albertans warn disability benefit changes will deepen poverty
- Medicine Hat News (Nov. 28, 20205): Omnibus financial statutes bill includes AISH changes, advocates make last push to change province’s mind
- CBC News (Nov. 26, 2025): CBC: Advocates call on Alberta government to halt shift to new disability benefits program
- CTV Calgary (Nov. 26, 2025): ‘We didn’t ask for change’: Alberta gov’t draws ire with tabling of AISH overhaul
- CBC Radio Edmonton AM (Nov. 26, 2025): Bill 12 amendments clear the way for the Alberta Disability Assistance Program
October 2025:
- RDNewsNow (Oct. 30, 2025): Petition opposed to new provincial ADAP comes to Red Deer
- Medicine Hat News (Oct. 15, 2025): Provincial supports for children with disabilities during teacher strike shines light on backlogged FSCD program
- Global News (Oct. 9, 2925): Alberta special needs families say they’re left in lurch during teachers’ strike
- CTV Calgary (Oct. 9, 2025): Alberta mom worries for daughter with special needs amid ongoing teachers’ strike
- Lethbridge Herald (Oct. 4, 2025): Where has the $200 gone?
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CBC Edmonton (Oct. 4, 2025): Parents of children with disabilities scramble for supports ahead of Alberta teachers strike
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Calgary Herald (Oct. 4, 2025): Opinion: Alberta’s new disability program strips support from those who need it most
- Medicine Hat News (Oct.1, 2025): AISH rollback kicks in, recipients left pinched
September 2025:
- Edmonton Journal (Sept. 30, 2025): Rent increases coming for AISH recipients living in community housing starting Oct. 1
- CTV Edmonton (Sept. 25, 2025): ‘The disabled community does not approve’: Edmonton man starts petition against ADAP
- CTV Calgary (Sept. 11, 2025): Alberta disability advocates warn new benefit program will deepen poverty
- Calgary Herald (Sept. 6, 2025): Opinion: Lee Stevens: Let the Canada Disability Benefit reach those who need it most in Alberta
- Calgary Herald (Sept. 3, 2025): Opinion: Braid: UCP government’s cash clawback and AISH upheaval seem heartless
- Calgary Herald (Sept. 1, 2025): What’s the difference between AISH and ADAP? A look at changes to Alberta’s disability assistance programs
August 2025:
- CityNews Calgary (August 31, 2025): Changes to Alberta’s disability income support put clients on edge
- CityNews Edmonton (August 28, 2025): Province seeks feedback on AISH replacement program
- Red Deer Advocate (August 22, 2025): New disabilities program a ‘devastating blow to people with disabilities on AISH’: Inclusion Alberta
- CTV Edmonton (August 21, 2025): Edmonton woman says proposed changes to AISH ‘heart wrenching’
- CBC Edmonton (August 21, 2025): AISH recipient, advocates worry about Alberta’s new disability benefit program
- The Stettler Independent (August 14, 2025): Opinion: Cruel calculations: How Alberta’s UCP is squeezing the most vulnerable
- CTV (August 11, 2025): Apprehension felt as deadline nears for AISH recipients to file for Canada Disability Benefit
July 2025:
- CTV Alberta Primetime (July 22, 2025): ‘People are living in pretty dire circumstances’: Inclusion Alberta upset with province’s AISH rent increase
- CBC News (July 21, 2025): AISH recipients panicked over looming provincial deadline: health providers
- Calgary Herald (July 19, 2025): Opinion: AISH clawback underscores Alberta’s fraying social contract
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Edmonton Sun Opinion (July 6, 2025): Tait: Albertans should demand province stop claw back of Canadian Disability Benefits
- Edmonton Journal Opinion (July 3, 2025): Alberta’s clawback of federal disability benefits shameful
June 2025:
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CBC Edmonton (June 30, 2025): Alberta government will appoint ‘action team’ to address classroom aggression
- Calgary Herald (June 20, 2025): Opinion: In Alberta’s grab for federal cash, Albertans with disabilities pay the price
- CBC News (June 26, 2025): Disability tax credits are critical for some Canadians. But applying for them can cost thousands
- CBC News (June 3, 2025): Edmonton Public Schools cuts number of seclusion rooms, but confinement continues
May 2025:
- Global Edmonton (May 28, 2025): National Accessibility Week highlights need for inclusive employment in Alberta
- CBC Edmonton AM: The benefits of employment for people with intellectual disabilities
- The Tyee (May 12, 2025): Only Alberta Will Claw Back New Federal Money for Disabled People
- CTV (May 6, 2025): Rallies pop up calling for disability rights
- Edmonton Journal (May 5, 2025): Promises vs. reality: Parents say inclusive education still out of reach at Edmonton Public Schools
April 2025:
- Edmonton Journal (April 10, 2025): Opinion: Alberta should support workplace inclusion for those with disabilities
- Wetaskiwin Times (April 9, 2025): Max Chats: Why take $200 a month away?
- Edmonton Journal (April 2, 2025): ‘Segregate their children’: Proposed Edmonton Public Schools autism centre raising concerns
- CBC (April 2, 2025): The Autism Centre of Excellence school is moving to the planning phase. But not all parents are happy
- CityNews (April 2, 2025): ‘Autism Centre of Excellence School’ in early planning stages for Edmonton Public Schools
- MyLethbridgeNow (April 2, 2025): Claw back on federal funding to impact AISH recipients: Inclusion Lethbridge
- MyLloydminsterNow (April 2, 2025): Disappointed by Alberta’s AISH clawback: Inclusion Lloydminster
March 2025:
- CTV Calgary (March 26, 2025): Outcry against province from people receiving AISH benefits
- CBC (March 26, 2025): Alberta to claw back federal disability from AISH recipients
February 2025:
- Lethbridge Herald (Feb. 26, 2025): Disabled Albertans deserve better (opinion piece by Hart Chapelle)
- RDNewsNow (Feb.21, 2025): Letter to the Editor: Families Deserve Better Support for Children with Disabilities
- CTV News Edmonton (Feb.5, 2025): Potential support cuts advocates’ chief concern over new Alberta program for disabled workers
- CTV News Calgary (Feb. 5, 2025): Province to launch program to help Albertans with disabilities
- CBC Edmonton (Feb. 4, 2025): Alberta introduces plan to allow people with disabilities to work and receive benefits
- CBC Radio Calgary (Feb. 4, 2025): A new disability benefit: The province has announced a new benefit program for Albertans with disabilities who want to pursue work opportunities.
January 2025
- St. Albert Gazette (Jan. 31, 2025): Rural Albertans with disabilities wait years for support: report
- MyLakelandNow (Jan. 31, 2025): St. Paul, Lloydminster families to feel effect of cuts to Inclusion Alberta funds
- CHAT News (Jan. 26, 2025): Medicine Hat mother among many waiting years for Alberta family disability support
- CBC News (Jan. 23, 2025): Provincial support delays are hurting disabled Albertans and families, report finds
- Canadian Press (Global News)(Jan. 22, 2025): Government cuts $500K in funding to Inclusion Alberta disability organization
- EverythingGP (Jan. 22, 2025): Government cuts $500K in funding to Alberta disability organization
- CBC RadioActive Edmonton (Jan. 22, 2025): How long of a wait is too long when it comes to accessing disability programs?
- CitiNews Edmonton (Jan. 22, 2025): Inclusion Alberta calls out provincial funding changes for disability organizations
- Edmonton Sun (Jan. 19, 2025): TAIT: Cuts to advocacy groups silences those who need help most
- CityNews Edmonton (Jan. 16, 2025): Edmonton parents navigating school support strike
- Global News (Canadian Press, Jan. 15, 2025): Disability rights groups shocked by Alberta government funding cut: ‘We’re essential’
- Red Deer Advocate (Jan. 7, 2025): Thousands of children with disabilities waiting for support while Alberta cuts staff, says AUPE
2024
- Calgary Herald Opinion (Oct. 26, 2024): Disability and homelessness: Alberta can do better
- Midday on 630 CHED with Courtney Theriault (June 28, 2024): Edmonton public schools *adding* seclusion rooms
- CBC News (June 27, 2024): Edmonton Public School adding 25 seclusion rooms despite promise to phase them out
- CTV Calgary (June 12, 2024): Inclusion Alberta seeking companies to employ individuals with intellectual disabilities
- National Post (Dec. 11, 2023): The Excluded: Joe has been in school only four full days this year. But he’s not suspended. And he’s not alone.