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Our Voice
Self-advocates and families have made extremely significant impacts on the life of people with disabilities and their families.
It is self-advocates and families who are leading the drive for citizenship, self-determination, unencumbered planning, and direct funding.
Self-advocates and families know best what needs to be done. Their knowledge is based on direct personal experience with how the system affects them.
ALERT
Act immediately!
December 2009- The Ontario Cabinet will soon vote on a new regulation for developmental services. If the regulation is based on the draft that the Ministry produced last summer, the consequences will be devastating for people who want to plan their lives around supports based on direct funding. It is a huge equity issue. We advise families to write to the members of the Ontario Cabinet.
The date when Cabinet will meet is secret. So all concerned families must act immediately. For guidance see ALERT
The Transformation
"Ontario is at a crossroads in the evolution of the way it supports people who have a developmental disability... we need to make sure that our developmental services system is fair, accessible and sustainable for the future and gives every Ontarian an opportunity to succeed." - Madeleine Meilleur, Minister of Community and Social Services
See our Transformation page