Ontario Announces a Five Percent Increase to ODSP

Last week, the Ontario Government announced a 5% increase to the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) – to the average Ontarian with a disability, that translates to just $58 extra per month. While an increase to the program has been long awaited in the province, many are baffled at persons with disabilities being left behind […]

Press Release: Shedding light on the shortcomings of home care for Canadians with disabilities

[TORONTO]: A CBC Marketplace report is shedding light on the shortcomings of home care that are failing thousands of Ontarians. Close to one million Canadians are dependent on some type of home care support, yet gaps in the system reveal missed care visits, underpaid and double booked staff and family members having to step in […]

Metrolinx Accessibility

Metrolinx wants to hear from any interested members of the public and other organizations about the accessibility of GO Transit, Bus Rapid Transit, UP Express, PRESTO as well as new rapid transit projects/services currently being planned and built (New Subway Projects, Light Rail Transit). They recently launched their annual accessibility consultation. Due to the COVID-19 […]

Holiday Support

We are passionate about supporting our community. This includes our dedicated staff that have spent this past year supporting our community. To help them recharge their batteries during the holiday season we will be closing all our offices, home and otherwise to spend much needed time with friends and family. We will be shut down […]

Kent Basset-Spiers Award

The Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation (ONF), after 23 years of making a difference in the lives of those living with spinal cord and acquired brain injuries, closed its doors on March 31, 2021. Started by the neurotrauma community in 1998, helmed by the trail-blazing work of Kent Bassett-Spiers, ONF’s founding and only CEO, ONF helped grow […]