For Immediate Release//Toronto, Ontario, April 23, 2025 Crisis in the Classroom: Children with Disabilities Isolated, Held Down & Sent HomeNew report details disturbing treatment in Ontario Schools A new report published by Community Living Ontario is shedding new light on the exclusion, seclusion, and restraint of students with disabilities in Ontario schools. Numerous authorities are calling on the Premier and … Read More
Letters to Ontario Party Leaders Post Election – March 2025
Congratulations Letter to Premier Ford Post Election Letter – Bonnie Crombie Post Election Letter – Marit Stiles Post Election Letter – Mike Schreiner
Coalition of disability organizations calls on parties to make Ontarians with disabilities a priority in Ontario election
Coalition of disability organizations calls on parties to make Ontarians with disabilities a priority in Ontario election Twelve organizations host election debate with more than 500 attendees TORONTO, ON (February 20, 2025) – On February 19, 2025, a coalition made up of a broad cross-section of disability organizations hosted an Ontario election debate with a record-breaking audience, focused on issues … Read More
Letters to Candidates – February 2025
We sent letters to all party candidates asking how their party plans to support people with developmental disabilities. Letter to Green Party of Ontario Letter to Ontario Liberal Party Letter to New Democratic Party of Ontario Letter to Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
#WaitingToBelong Media Releases and Resources
MPP Congratulatory Template Letter (Mar 2025) – English #WaitingToBelong Template News Release (Feb 2025) – English #WaitingToBelong Template News Release (Feb 2025) – French #WaitingToBelong Press Release (Nov 28, 2024) – English #WaitingToBelong Press Release (Nov 28, 2024) – French
Community Living Ontario Releases 2024 Pre-budget Recommendations to the Minister of Finance
In our pre-budget submission to the provincial government, CLO is calling for an immediate base budget increase of five percent for developmental service agencies. Additionally, we are calling for a five percent increase to Passport and Special Services at Home budgets. The submission is part of our #5toSurvive campaign, calling attention to critical underfunding of our sector. If you agree … Read More
Key Changes Announced in the 2022 Ontario Fall Economic Update
On November 14th, the Ford government announced several changes that will affect people who have an intellectual disability in Ontario: Changes to how work income is treated by ODSP People on ODSP will be able to keep up to $1000 in employment earnings every month without having their ODSP amount reduced. Above $1000, they will keep twenty-five cents of every … Read More
Op-ed: When Is a 5% Increase not a 5% Increase?
On September 1st, the Ford Government increased Ontario Disability Support Program rates by 5%. This means that the basic monthly benefit for a single person on ODSP went from $1,169 to $1,228, an increase of about $58 per month. Even with this small increase, ODSP recipients will still have incomes far below the poverty line. And with the exploding … Read More
If Inclusion Means Everyone, Why Not Me?
This report identifies barriers that students labelled with intellectual disabilities and their parents and guardians face in Ontario’s public school system and sets out some key insights into their experiences. The authors identified various factors that influence the quality of a student’s education. DOWNLOAD IN ENGLISH DOWNLOAD IN FRENCH
Direct Funding In-Depth: Learning from New York State’s Self-Directed Services
New York State’s Self-Directed Services is a program that provides funding directly to people and families, so they can manage and control their own disability-related supports. The program provides a helpful case study and offers several lessons for Ontario as we plan to make direct funding a reality in the province. READ THE ARTICLE
