Resources

General Resources

Campaign Background

• Defining Disability: What plans to change the ODSP definition would mean to people with disabilities in Ontario
  • https://defenddisability.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/isac-defining-disability.pdf
• Définition de l’invalidité : Ce que les plans visant à modifier la définition du Programme ontarien de soutien aux personnes handicapées (POSPH) signifieraient pour les personnes handicapées en Ontario
  • https://defenddisability.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/casr-modifier-la-definition-de-lincapacite.pdf
• Infographic: How are federal and provincial definitions of disability different?
  • https://defenddisability.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/infographic-odsp-changing-the-definition-of-disability.pdf

Ontario Ministry of Children, Community & Social Services Announcement

• Reforming Social Assistance Backgrounder
  • https://news.ontario.ca/mcys/en/2018/11/reforming-social-assistance.html

Current Provincial and Federal Programs

• Ontario Disability Support Program
  • https://www.mcss.gov.on.ca/en/mcss/programs/social/odsp/
• Canadian Disability Tax Credit
  • https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/individuals/segments/tax-credits-deductions-persons-disabilities/disability-tax-credit.html
• Canadian Pension Plan Disability Benefits
  • https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/publicpensions/cpp/cpp-disability-benefit.html

Information for Service Providers

Health Care Providers // Fournisseurs de Soins de Santé

Community Groups // Travailleurs Communautaires

Extra Information for Social Workers