A $1.8 billion Ontario budget proposal to help adults with developmental disabilities could ease funding wait lists by offering everyone eligible for support at least $5,000 a year. About 18,000 adults are waiting for Passport funding and all would be eligible for the new money immediately, if the budget measures are implemented, ministry officials said. The lengthy waits interfere with the life and security of people with disabilities and their families, it adds. She was subsequently placed on the wait list for Passport, but Leroux still doesn’t know when he will get any help. The new money would also support about 800 people with developmental disabilities who are inappropriately housed in hospitals, shelters and long-term care homes.

Source: thestar March 30, 2018 17:37 UTC