Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Lyndsay Armstrong
Publication Date: May 8, 2024 - 20:43
N.S. misses deadline to halt admissions of people with disabilities into institutions
May 8, 2024
Nova Scotia’s failure to meet its deadline to halt new admissions of people with disabilities into large institutions has left some disability advocates feeling betrayed.After a landmark 2021 legal victory that found systemic discrimination against people with disabilities who are seeking housing in the community, the provincial government accepted a proposal to help people move out of institutions.Part of the five-year plan released in April 2023 called on the province to end new admissions to the facilities, known as adult residential centres and regional rehabilitation centres, by March 31. But that hasn’t happened.
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