Local disability advocates are calling on Social Development and Poverty Reduction Minister Sheila Malcolmson to scrap BC’s cap on how much people on disability assistance can earn as employment ...

The opposition B.C. Liberals are decrying what they call a government "clawback" of a supplemental COVID-19 benefit for people on income and disability assistance. But B.C.'s ruling party says, in the ...

Advocate Heather McCain said the income and disability assistance system punishes recipients who are in relationships in many ways. ‘People feel like they have to hide relationships in order to ...

People with disabilities and their advocates say they want more action from the province to increase benefits for people suffering from chronic conditions and improve accessibility to health care and ...

The policy provides disabled people with funds to employ personal assistants to carry out tasks specific to their needs and has been the norm for more than two decades in places such as Scandinavia, ...

Disability Resources is a service on campus that provides assistance to students with disabilities, including those with various diagnoses and physical limitations, anxiety, depression and/or PTSD.

PWDA joined other advocacy organisations led by the Australian Autism Alliance, in a joint statement calling for critical reform through the establishment of a National Assistance Animal Framework to ...

British Columbians who are not eligible for the emergency federal support program and who do not receive income or disability assistance will now get an automatic $300 monthly COVID-19 crisis ...

Last week, ABC News reported that the backlog of Americans waiting to see if they qualify for disability assistance from Social Security has swollen to one million people and that thousands have died ...

The B.C. government is increasing income and disability assistance rates by $100 a month. The extra money will be tacked onto assistance cheques starting Sept. 20. The B.C. Liberal government froze ...