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How can we end ‘disability poverty’ in Canada? [video]

In Focus: Complex issues through the lens of disability

by AMI: Accessible Media Inc.
May 17, 2022
Reading Time: 1min read
How can we end ‘disability poverty’ in Canada? [video]

Kaitlyn Layden is a disability rights advocate in New Brunswick. Photo: Screenshot/ AMI: Accessible Media Inc.

April Hubbard and guests discuss the ways in which we can end disability poverty in Canada on this edition of In Focus.

New Brunswickers featured in this episode include Heather Smith, Kaitlyn Layden and Shelley Petit.

From disability representation in film, TV and on stage to invisible disabilities, sex and disability or Indigenous perspectives on disability and inclusion, In Focus delves deep into these important and relevant topics. In Focus airs Thursdays at 8 p.m. Eastern on AMI-tv.

Tags: AMI: Accessible Media Inc.disability rightsHeather SmithKaitlyn LaydenShelley Petit
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