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Health Care Planning: Things to Know about Health Care Decisions On July 7 th , Dr. Bill Sullivan and Audrey Cole were our guest presenters at the Azrieli Centre’s Family Lunch and Learn webinar series. The topic of Health Care Planning: Things to Know about Health Care Decisions was of great interest to me, because until recently, I hadn’t given this important topic much thought and I...
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Masks are here to stay: What’s next? By Yona Lunsky In May, I wrote a blog about masks and the important role they play in keeping us safe during the COVID-19 pandemic . Since then, I have seen   many great tips to help people with developmental disabilities adapt to wearing face coverings, including these examples  in Scotland  and locally at Holland Bloorview . As we...
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Moving Forward, Opening Up: Five Priorities for Health Yona Lunsky It has been three months since everything closed down due to COVID-19 and we have all felt its impact. Now, as the number of COVID cases are decreasing, we are moving forward and thinking about opening up.  But, we approach this with trepidation because there is a lot we still do not know. As we think ahead, I...
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Masks4All: Keeping Each Other Safe By Yona Lunsky Last week we heard loud and clear from local, provincial and national governments that wearing a mask is recommended for all in Canada; this includes as many of us as possible. I have been part of some very informative discussions in the last few weeks with a group of self-advocates about their biggest COVID-related questions and...
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Yona Lunsky offers some thoughts about why we need to go beyond technology to support people with developmental disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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