Human Rights Remedy Website Launched For People With Disabilities.
People with disabilities now have easier access to information about the Nova Scotia Human Rights Remedy.
The remedy website, which launched today, July 30, will be the main source for information on the government’s work on the remedy and includes questions and answers, as well as a timeline of milestones achieved.
“We know people with disabilities, their families and caregivers, and service providers, are looking for information, and this website provides an easy and accessible way to find the answers,” said Community Services Minister Brendan Maguire.
The website will be updated regularly as milestones are reached and programs and services launched: https://www.dsp-transformation.ca/
The remedy will transform support and services for people with disabilities in Nova Scotia. The Province has five years – from the settlement agreement in June 2023 – to fulfill the recommendations of the remedy. It recently submitted the first annual progress report to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission.
Quick Facts:
- the human rights remedy provides a framework to guide the government’s work to close large residential facilities for people living with disabilities and transition them to supported community living
- the remedy consists of six interconnected key directions:
- a new system of individualized planning and support co-ordination to drive more person-directed and local community-based supports and services
- closing institutions
- building a broader system of community-based supports and services to support a home and life in the local community
- provincewide multidisciplinary support program with regional hubs including other clinical supports to support local options
- individualized funding as the basis of the transformed system with “backbone” support functions
- strengthening whole disability system capacity to enable transformation to a human rights approach
- the ultimate legally required outcome is the remedying of the discrimination for people with disabilities in Nova Scotia by 2028
Additional Resources:
Decisions, announcements and reports about the remedy: https://humanrights.novascotia.ca/remedy#progress
Source: Provincial Release
