Beth Maclean是一个智力上残疾的中年妇女在机构中度过了35年,包括在称为翡翠大厅的新斯科舍省住院的锁定精神病单位的四年以上。她目前居住在追求下的萨克维尔等待放置在一个团体中。提出了Nova的决定......
“8是不够的”:残疾人的成年人及其支持者在麦克尼尔政府的社区住房上需要更多的行动
几十个小组签署的一封信代表超过1,300名残疾人成年人,等待住房在周四呼吁麦克尼尔政府呼吁早些时候承诺为不必要地制度化的人找到社区的家园。斯蒂芬麦克尼尔总理告诉记者“工作正在进行;我们继续工作......
Needlessly institutionalized
People have been locked into a psychiatric ward at the Nova Scotia Hospital for "no medical or legal reason," says lawyer Vince Calderhead.
A board of inquiry got underway yesterday into a complaint under the Nova Scotia Human Rights Act which has the potential to change the way the provincial government treats people with disabilities. “The outcome of this case,” says Jean Coleman, “could make a good life in the community possible for all people with disabilities.” Coleman...
