Publication type:
Policy Paper / Action Plan
Agency:
BC Coalition of People with Disabilities
Summary:
Describes the BC Coalition of People with Disabilities. Includes discussion of deinstitutionalization and community living; and a fair legislative framework for people with disabilities. Includes answers to specific questions asked as part of the mental health act review process in BC. Includes the Declaration on the Decade of Disabled Persons, signed by then Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.
Keywords:
health; disability; people with disabilities; disability advocacy; Canadian Organization of Provincial Organizations of the Handicapped; Disability Rights Movement; HIV/AIDS; deinstitutionalization; Mental Health Act; human rights; mental health; informed consent