COVID-19 puts people with disabilities at higher risk, advocates say

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COVID-19 puts people with disabilities at higher risk, advocates say
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There are more than six million Canadians with a disability, and many of them are especially vulnerable to the impact of COVID-19, health organizations and advocates say.

after support workers who normally assisted her were barred from the facility due to COVID-19 prevention policies.

“I really have to draw on just trying to calm my mind and focus on other things, and try not to let that anxiety overwhelm me,” Cameron said. “It’s disappointing to see the parties not cooperating the way they had been at the beginning, when the Liberal government was able to get a lot of support measures through,” said Ray Noyes, who, along with Cameron, are a part of ACORN Canada, an advocacy organization made up of low-and moderate-income families.

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