Resources

Episodic Disabilities

Webinars

• A Practical Perspective on Understanding Episodic Disabilities and Employment (PDF: 561 KB) (February 2012)
• An Introduction to the Episodic Disabilities Employment Network (EDEN) (PDF: 120 KB) (February 2012)

Reports

• Promoting Accessibility to Employment for People with Episodic Disabilities (PDF: 210 KB) (March 2012)
• Breaking Down Barriers to Employment: Developing comprehensive and practical resources to increase employer awareness and access to the labour force for people living with episodic disabilities (March 2011) (PDF: 471KB)
• Statement of Common Agenda on Disability, Full Participation & Work (PDF: 119 KB) (January 2011)
• Employment Access for All: Educational Sessions to Increase Employer Awareness and Access to the Labour Force for People Living with Episodic Disabilities (July 2010)
• Policies and Programs to Facilitate Labour Force Participation for People with Episodic Disabilities (PDF: 1240 KB)
• A Population-Based Economic Analysis of Episodic Work Benefits
  (PDF: 6820 KB)
• An Analysis of Responses of Certified Human Resources Professionals Regarding Episodic Disabilities (PDF: 679 KB)
• Report on the National Summit on Episodic Disabilities (PDF: 825 KB)
• Final Report for the Labour Force Participation and Social Incusion for People Living with HIV and Other Episodic Disabilities Project

Briefing Notes

August 2011: The Path Forward: Addressing Episodic Disabilities in Canada (PDF: 38KB) Episodic Disability Network (EDN) Brief to the Standing Committee on Finance

Addressing Episodic Disabilities in Canada: Contribution to the Pre-Budget Consultations. By the Episodic Disabilities Network (EDN) August 13 2010 (PDF: 128KB)

Fact Sheets

• Episodic Disabilities and Employment for Employment Counsellors (March 2011) (PDF: 90 KB)
• Episodic Disabilities and Employment for Occupational Therapists (March 2011) (PDF: 93 KB)
• Episodic Disabilities and Employment for Social Workers and Social Service Workers (March 2011) (PDF: 90 KB)
• Communicating About Episodic Disabilities In The Workplace (February 2011) (Microsoft Word: 144 KB)
• Episodic Disabilities And Insurance (February 2011) (Microsoft Word: 144 KB)
• Leading Practices In Accommodating Employees Living With Episodic Disabilities In The Workplace (February 2011) (Microsoft Word: 145 KB)
• Bridging Silos, Creating Connections: Addressing Episodic Disabilities in Ontario, CWGHR Information Sheet #1 (May 2010) (PDF: 487 KB)
• Bridging Silos, Creating Connections: Spotlight on the Ontario Episodic Disabilities Network (OEDN), CWGHR Information Sheet #2 (May 2010) (PDF: 527 KB)
• An International Policy Review and Analysis Fact Sheet (Microsoft Word: 142 KB)
• Program and Policy Recommendations for Episodic Disability Support Fact Sheet (Microsoft Word: 142 KB)
• A Population-Based Economic Analysis of Episodic Work Benefits Fact Sheet (Microsoft Word: 144 KB)
• An Analysis of Responses of Human Resources Professionals on Supporting Persons with Episodic Disabilities (Microsoft Word: 145 KB)

Summit Presentations
March 2006

• Program and Policy Recommendations for Episodic Disability Support (PowerPoint: 160 KB)
• An Analysis of Responses of Human Resources Professionals on Supporting Persons with Episodic Disabilities
  by Lily Wong (PowerPoint: 122 KB)
• A Population-Based Economic Analysis of Episodic Work Benefits
  by Paul Smetanin, RiskAnalytica (PowerPoint: 331 KB)
• The Episodic Challenges of Living with a Mental Illness
  by Dave Gallson & Richard Chenier, National Network for Mental Health (PowerPoint: 278 KB)
• The Episodic Challenges of Living with Lupus
  by Louise Bergeron (PowerPoint: 104 KB)
• The Episodic Challenges of Living with HIV & Depression
  by Raymond Berger (PowerPoint: 102 KB

International Conventions

• On March 11, 2010, the Government of Canada ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) at the United Nations, “reaffirming the universality, indivisibility, interdependence and interrelatedness of all human rights and fundamental freedoms and the need for persons with disabilities to be guaranteed their full enjoyment without discrimination.”
• Click here to read the Convention in full.

 

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