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“The government should not be allowed to police disability,” adding that it is harder and harder, with reduced ODSP cheques, for the disabled to struggle by. Many disability aids are not covered by OHIP. I have hearing aids — they cost $2,000 each — and they’re not covered by OHIP.”
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There Are No Red Lights in Marathons: “I choose to run for the rights of the deaf and hard of hearing.”
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Silence Through the Solar Eclipse: “Disabled kids need to be involved in the conversation geared towards sexual misconduct and consent culture as we have the highest rates of violence compared to our able-bodied counterparts.”
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“As a child, I’d be left behind a lot of times, and they wouldn’t think to wait for me, so I ended up missing out and losing a lot of skills that most kids have because people didn’t wait.” Watch College and University students share their experience.
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A six year old’s dilemma: “What if no one likes me because I wear hearing aids?”
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She believes she wasn’t given a fair chance because of her two digital hearing aids that are visible when she puts her hair up as is required by most restaurants.
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The tweet went viral, collecting thousands of retweets, likes and responses.
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Same-sex marriage legalization in 2003: “I thought you got married before I was born like you’re supposed to!”
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Being a child in this situation, it’s easy to feel left in the corner, overlooked as everyone rallies around the person who is ill.
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