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This document presents evidence to policy makers to support the inclusion of adults with developmental disabilities as a priority group in Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan.
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Special Blog Post: Kory Earle and Victor Pereira speak at Federal Policy Forum on International Day of People with Disabilities  People First Canada President, Kory Earle, and Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre Patient Advisor, Victor Pereira, spoke at “Intellectual/Developmental Disability & COVID-19: Challenges, Opportunities and the Road Ahead ... Lessons from Those Left...
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Winter is Coming: My COVID-19 10-point Winter Tune-up Checklist By Yona Lunsky & Nicole Bobbette Many of us are in panic mode right now; alarmed by rising COVID-19 cases, frustrated by ongoing and, in many places, increasing restrictions, and fatigued by the complexity of managing life in 2020. Our inclination may be to focus on the crisis-of-the-day and put off less...
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HELP-ing Each Other During the COVID-19 Pandemic By Yona Lunsky This month we began our CIHR funded project evaluating the impact of three parallel projects to collectively build our capacity to address mental health concerns for adults with developmental disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic . After a whirlwind effort to recruit self-advocates, family caregivers, and health and...
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Mental Health is Health, and it matters. It mattered before the COVID-19 pandemic, and it matters even more now. This year during Mental Illness Awareness Week and beyond, we want to bring awareness to mental health and developmental disabilities.
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