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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

SSA Commissioner Martin O’Malley sat down with Nextgov/FCW recently to talk through the agency’s biggest challenges, including how it delivers disability assistance. SSA Workforce Budget Customer ...

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.

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 British Columbia government is increasing disability and income assistance rates by $175 per month, but is falling short of making the $300-per-month COVID-19 boost permanent. Social Development ...

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 ...