Association of Canadian Disability Benefit Professionals

#Budget2017 will enable nurse practitioners to certify the Disability Tax Credit this is a big step towards improving patient care and #FinancialAccessibility for #Canadians living with #Disabilities!

Via Kamal Khera Twitter: "An honour to meet an inspiring Paralympian @rosen57 to discuss disability benefits for Canadians. Thanks for all that you do Paul! #sports"

Culturally, it still seems acceptable to say something like: ‘This would be really nice to do, Carla, but it’s going to cost too much money.’ And we need to change that, said Carla Qualtrough who is crafting the country’s first national accessibility legislation.

Since the new proposed changes to the Disability Tax Credit, #nursepractitioners are now able to sign your T2201 (Disability Tax Credit certificate). This is particularly useful for people who live in outer regions of Canada with limited access to a doctor or specialist. Do you know what type of qualified medical practitioner can sign for your restrictions?

As a society, we’re not prepared to deal with younger patients with cognitive or physical impairments.

"That tells me the adjudication process is seriously flawed," said Allison Schmidt, a Regina-based pension disability case manager and a vocal critic of the system. Schmidt said she has seen a number of cases where medical adjudicators those responsible for deciding whether someone is eligible for the benefit make decisions without all the information, simply to meet deadlines.

"The [basic income pilot program] is to take place in Hamilton, Brantford and Brant County, Thunder Bay and region and Lindsay and a total of 4000 people will be randomly selected and asked if they wish to participate. The Income Security Advocacy Centre has provided information on how this basic income will impact those on assistance and it can be downloaded from their website."