by Trish Robichaud | Nov 5, 2013 | All, Disability Statistics, Media Coverage, Mental Health Disabilities
Depression isn’t a subject many of us probably think about regularly, and it certainly isn’t a widely discussed topic in the workplace. So I was kind of surprised when a friend brought up his wife’s recent bout with depression during a casual coffee chat the other...
by Trish Robichaud | Jul 26, 2013 | All, Chronic Illness, Mental Health Disabilities, Physical Disabilities, Resources/Tools, Types of Disabilities
Article by Carol Jaquith The onset of any serious illness can be like a tidal wave. When illness turns chronic, it can threaten to overwhelm you with wave after wave of loss and grief. . Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, in her book On Death and Dying, and in her work with...
by Trish Robichaud | Dec 7, 2012 | All, Employment, Mental Health Disabilities
A few years ago, during one of her regular visits to the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, Sandra Rotman had an idea. At the time, the high-profile philanthropist was being treated for anxiety. The experience made her stronger, she says, but also led...
by Trish Robichaud | Oct 19, 2012 | Accommodations, Barriers, Media Coverage, Mental Health Disabilities, Physical Barriers, Physical Disabilities, Public Spaces
The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) is calling on municipalities across Ontario to review their zoning and rental licensing bylaws to eliminate barriers to housing services for people with mental health issues or addictions. Barbara Hall, the OHRC’s chief...
by Trish Robichaud | Jan 30, 2012 | All, Human Rights Cases, Media Coverage, Mental Health Disabilities
By Paola Loriggio, The Canadian Press Ontario’s human rights tribunal will weigh a challenge to Toronto’s zoning rules that experts say could affect how municipalities across the country integrate housing for people with mental illness or disabilities. City...
by Trish Robichaud | Jan 22, 2012 | All, Attitudinal Barriers, Human Rights Cases, Mental Health Disabilities
By Sarah Simpson, Citizen Betty James is hoping she’s nearing the end of a years-long battle with a local mobile home park whose aim it was, she claims, to deny her disabled son a place to live. It all started back in May of 2009. James’s son Brian, then...
