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Some of Our Clients are Working Through a Medical Maze

• September 1, 2016
• Kimberly Srivastava
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This recent Accessible Media Inc. video (link) features one of bakerlaw’s clients who was discriminated against by her doctor. We helped our client file a complaint to the Health Services Appeal and Review Board regarding her experience.

Follow this link (link to video) to learn more about Margaret’s experience and others who have disabilities and have had difficulties navigating the medical system as a result.

Institutionalization as a form of Discrimination

• July 4, 2016
• BakerLaw
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Bakerlaw’s David Baker and Emily Shepard are gearing up for a big case wherein they will argue that institutionalization is a form of discrimination. In the US, in a case called Olmstead, the court held that institutionalizing a person when the care they require could be delivered in the community is discriminatory. » Read the rest

Changes to Ontario Autism Programming

• June 28, 2016
• Kimberly Srivastava
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Over the past few months, bakerlaw has continued to be contacted by families wondering about their legal rights in the wake of the Ministry of Children and Youth Services’ announcement to remove children over 5 years of age from the waitlists for IBI funding. » Read the rest

IBI in Ontario Schools-Crowd Funding Initiative

• April 13, 2016
• Kimberly Srivastava
• 2 Comments

Recently we have been contacted by many regarding the Ontario autism program changes. We have another case already ongoing at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. Through this case, we hope to set a precedent that students should be able to get IBI/ABA provided in schools as a form of accommodation. » Read the rest

Open Letter Calling for a National Right to Palliative Care in Canada

• April 12, 2016
• BakerLaw
• 5 Comments

To:

The Honourable Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister of Canada)

The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould (Minister of Justice and the Attorney General of Canada)

The Honourable Dr. Jane Philpott (Minister of Health)

Dear Ministers:

We are calling on you to include a legislated right to palliative care in your legislative response to Carter v. » Read the rest

David Baker’s Comments on the Autism Programming Changes

• April 6, 2016
• David Baker
• 3 Comments

Thousands of children with autism, 5 years or age or over, who had been waitlisted for private intensive behavioural intervention (IBI) services funded by the Ministry of Children and Youth Services (MCYS) for years have been peremptorily cut off. I don’t think “crisis” is an overstatement, when describing the circumstances in which these children and their families find themselves. » Read the rest

Autism Funding Withdrawn for Children over the age of 5

• March 31, 2016
• Kimberly Srivastava
• 7 Comments

Our office has been contacted by dozens of parents concerned about the recently announced changes to the availability and eligibility of IBI programming for young children with autism.

For those who don’t know, children with autism thrive when supported by intensive behavioural intervention (IBI). » Read the rest

Vulnerable Persons Standard

• March 1, 2016
• Kimberly Srivastava
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Key stakeholders from across Canada have come together to create the Vulnerable Persons Standard. This standard is intended to act as a guide for legislative representatives who will be drafting the laws related to physician assisted death.

“The Vulnerable Persons Standard is a series of evidence-based safeguards intended to protect the lives of Canadians. » Read the rest

Bakerlaw’s David Baker in Globe and Mail Op-Ed

• February 29, 2016
• David Baker
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Bakerlaw’s David Baker and Professor Trudo Lemmens were featured in a Globe and Mail op-ed this weekend explaining how the Federal Special Committee on physician assisted dying went beyond the scope of Carter and ignored important evidence.

You can read the piece here (link).

David Baker’s Reaction to the Federal Committee Report on Physician Assisted Dying

• February 26, 2016
• David Baker
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Watch David Baker discuss his reaction to the Federal Committee Report on physician assisted dying.

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Tune in at 1hour, 46 minutes.

To view the CBC page click here (link).