"There is a lack of training and they [professionals] use their own judgment. There is no process and no awareness. I think if you are a minority group and one has disability, instinctively one is treated differently and it's a fact."

 

Please join us for the launch of the report:

 

Ten+ Years Later - We Are Visible:

Ethno-cultural/racialized women with disabilities speak out about health care issues

 

Date:              June 5, 2009

Time:             12:30-1:30

Location:      Centre for Independent Living Toronto (CILT) booth  

People in Motion

Queen Elizabeth Building
Exhibition Place

Toronto, Ontario

 

Ten+ Years Later - We Are Visible updates the innovative community-based research project, We are Visible, conducted in 1996, and highlights the experiences of health and health care of ethno-cultural/racialized women with disabilities in Toronto. Through community-based research and a literature review, this project seeks to understand the barriers to health and health care that ethno-cultural/racialized women with disabilities face.

 

Ten+ Years Later - We Are Visible explores what has changed since the original project, indicating gaps and making recommendations based on the lived experiences of women that have important implications for current policy development, service provision and research. 

 

Project Partners: Ethno-Racial People with Disabilities Coalition of Ontario (ERDCO) and Ontario Women's Health Network (OWHN) 

 

Funding for this study was provided by the Public Health Agency of Canada. The opinions expressed in this study are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official views of the Public Health Agency of Canada. 

 

For more information: OWHN at [log in to unmask] or 416-408-4840; ERDCO at [log in to unmask]  

 

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