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"If we don't find ways in the education system to fully support and help students with intellectual disabilities learn in a classroom setting and we're removing them, we're saying to them, 'You don't belong here,'" The new #NS school code of conduct may unintentionally penalize students with a #disability. Read more: cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scot…

PRESS RELEASE: Not Good Enough - Final Canada Disability Benefit Regulations Miss the Mark for People with Disabilities "Despite strong advocacy from the disability community, the government has maintained restrictive eligibility criteria, inadequate benefit amounts, and barriers that will exclude many who need support the most." Read the full release here: bit.ly/41WhG4z

NB CY&SA issues report raising concerns over the use of 'seclusion rooms' in New Brunswick schools. "Seclusion rooms are intended as a last resort to ensure safety, said a news release from the provincial government." Lamrock's report on the issue says seclusion rooms are intended to be used as a last resort for students to ensure safety, but says guidelines for their use are inconsistently followed and its not even clear what legal authority schools have to use seclusion rooms atlantic.ctvnews.ca/n-b-advo…

Inclusion Canada has just submitted feedback to the Federal Secretariat on Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC). We're advocating for a truly inclusive system where ALL children, including those with disabilities, have the opportunity to thrive. Our recommendations focus on improving access, funding, training, and inclusive environments. Let’s work together to ensure every child can reach their full potential! Read the full submission to learn more about our vision for inclusive early learning: inclusioncanada.ca/wp-conten…

PRESS RELEASE - Denied a Full Education: Government of Saskatchewan Excludes 10-Year-Old with Disabilities from School @InclusionSK, @InclusiveEdCan, & Inclusion Canada respond to partial day attendance policies in #SK and across Canada. conta.cc/3MC0hXP

"When we deprive students of access to #inclusiveeducation and full attendance at schools, we rob them of access to equality of opportunity." Today, we hosted @KellyLamrockNB, Child and Youth Advocate from NB, along with other professionals in the inclusive education space which included lawyers, educators, and more. We discussed the hidden and damaging practice of partial day attendance for children with disabilities in schools across Canada. We also shared some preliminary results from our recent survey on partial day attendance. We had an insightful discussion and have taken lessons and notes for future action to fight this exclusionary practice that is destroying our children's futures and potential.

"Society has decided that we can't accommodate them, or if we are going to accommodate them, they all have to go together in an institution." A NS mother struggles to find childcare. Many childcare centres denied her autistic son for lack of resources. cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scot…