by Trish Robichaud | Jul 24, 2013 | All, Chronic Illness, Resources/Tools
Being a caregiver isn’t easy. I know. I learned the hard way as I took care of my wife who died from pancreatic cancer three years ago. The stress of doing a job that most people aren’t trained for, on average, 20 hours a week or more, can impact your health.... by Trish Robichaud | Jul 8, 2013 | All, Chronic Illness, Disability Statistics, Media Coverage, Research Papers
Most healthy people assume that living with a chronic illness or disability would make life miserable. Surely one can’t be as happy when dealing with a serious health condition. After all, one of the key factors to happiness is having one’s health. Isn’t it? In fact,... by Trish Robichaud | Jun 25, 2013 | All, Chronic Illness, Financial, Government Publications, Human Rights Cases, Media Coverage
When award-winning writer Varda Burstyn complained to the Canadian Human Rights Commission about her treatment by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), the last thing she expected was to be caught in the crossfire of a war between these government agencies. Burstyn suffers... by Trish Robichaud | Mar 11, 2013 | All, Business Case for Accessibility, Chronic Illness, Commentary, Communication Barriers, Customer Service, Disability Statistics, Education, Elections, Employment, Environmental, Events, Government Publications, Information & Communications, Physical Barriers
Without legal aid, people with cognitive and learning disabilities cannot cope with the demands of the law Canadians with cognitive and learning disabilities are falling through the cracks of Canada’s legal system. They often lack the skills to deal with details like... by Trish Robichaud | Nov 11, 2011 | Accommodations, All, Chronic Illness, Employment, Resources/Tools, Websites
In this section of Health Gateway’s website, health care and rehabilitation professionals, human resource professionals, employers, researchers and policy makers have access to different sources and formats of cross-disability and cross-disease information on...