Disability Rights Coalition
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N.S. reforms for people with disabilities behind schedule but has momentum: provinceThe Nova Scotia government says its five-year plan to bring about sweeping reforms in housing and care for people with disabilities is behind schedule but gaining momentum.CanadaJun 10, 2025
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Nova Scotia progress report undermined by blown deadline: Disability rights advocateA disability rights advocate says although the province is moving in the right direction, officials can't ignore the fact that it failed to reach a key deadline earlier this year.PoliticsJun 3, 2024
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N.S. says it won’t try to justify housing discrimination against disabled peopleThe Court of Appeal ruled last year that the government's failure to offer ``meaningful'' access to housing for people with disabilities was a violation of their basic rights.CanadaJul 12, 2022
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N.S. government to top court: housing choice for people with disabilities not a rightThe provincial lawyers concede Nova Scotia's current system requiring some people with disabilities to live in larger facilities is not ideal.CanadaJan 9, 2022
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N.S. disabilities group pushes to convert major legal win into improved housing, careA disabilities group in Nova Scotia is pushing to convert a landmark court victory into funding for improvements to housing and care.CanadaDec 1, 2021
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Beth MacLean, who won human rights case for people with disabilities, dies at age 50MacLean was one of three people with intellectual disabilities who were required to live in a Halifax hospital ward before advocates helped them launch a human rights case.CanadaSep 30, 2021
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Halifax woman with cerebal palsy finally gets a place to call home, wants to help others do same"I thought I was going to die in here and never have a life outside of these walls. And now I will," said Vicky Levack.HealthAug 30, 2021
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Rally accuses Nova Scotia of failing to provide community-based living for disabled people'I am done being played. I am done waiting. I've waited nine years in a nursing home. I refuse to be silent or wait any longer.'CanadaAug 13, 2021
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N.S. election: parties won’t meet goals of 10-year plan for people with disabilities'I feel I've been duped. We all have been,' says Vicky Levack, who has cerebral palsy and lives in a nursing home.CanadaAug 6, 2021
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Nova Scotia fined for housing people with intellectual disabilities in hospitalWednesday's decision also levies fines on the province for the time Beth MacLean, Joseph Delaney and the late Sheila Livingstone - who died before the hearing was completed - were held at the Emerald Hall ward in Halifax.CanadaDec 5, 2019
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