In Ontario, there are laws about access to health care services and to Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) coverage.
Health and Disability
Resources: Health and Disability
A project of Community Living Ontario, the Administrative Justice Support Network supports people who are making an appeal before an administrative board or tribunal whether or not they have legal representation. Their website has information on...
Available in:
EnglishIn Ontario, people can get tested for HIV without giving their name or address. This is called "anonymous testing." This booklet describes how to get tested, how to find anonymous test sites, and what happens when people are tested. It also explains...
Available in:
English, French (français)
Produced In:
2013
Format:
Booklet/PDFThis pamphlet explains what a Power of Attorney for Personal Care is, reasons to make one, and what can happen if you do not. Topics include how to make a Power of Attorney for Personal Care, when an attorney can make decisions, the types of decisions...
Available in:
English, French (français)
Produced In:
2013
Format:
Booklet/PDFThis webinar offers strategies for enhancing communication across mental health, addictions, human services, and justice sectors. It covers issues of confidentiality when communicating with correctional facilities, and lessons learned from a...
Available in:
EnglishCreated for patients or health care consumers in Ontario, this website lists their most important rights, how they can make a complaint, and how they can get more information about their rights.
Available in:
English, French (français), Arabic (عربي ), Chinese (中文), Gujarati (ગુજરાતી), Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ), Russian (русский ), Spanish (español), Tagalog/Filipino (Tagalog/Filipino), Tamil (தமிழ்), Urdu (اردو)ARCH Disability Law Centre has produced a series of six fact sheets, each focussing on a specific area of attendant services:
- Attendant Services - General Overview
- Direct Funding
- Community Care Access Centres
- ...
Available in:
EnglishThis resource discusses the health and mental health rights of young people under 18. Topics covered include the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) and health care options for people who do not qualify for OHIP. It has information on the rights of...
Available in:
EnglishThis website has information, rights guides, presentations, and news about mental health records and police record checks. It has a section on cross-border travel, including how to protect yourself from being denied entry into the United States...
Available in:
EnglishThis guide provides general legal information about planning for illness and death for people in Ontario. Topics in the booklet include: Powers of attorney, wills, planning for your children, your home, benefits, resources, services, and more.
Available in:
English, French (français)This document looks at HIV-related legal questions of agencies that provide services to women in Canada. It is meant to help service providers inform the women they work with, and to guide service providers about their responsibilities with respect to...
Available in:
English, French (français)This article, which appears in the Spring 2012 DCLC Newsletter, looks at what kind of medical information an employer may ask for from an employee who is requesting workplace accommodation for a disability or medical condition.
Available in:
EnglishPart One of a two-part Justice for Children and Youth blogpost on teen pregnancy discusses when a young person can make decisions about their own medical treatment, such as how to deal with teen pregnancy; who decides if they are capable of making...
Available in:
EnglishThis is a list of tips and traps to be aware of when considering long-term care placement or alternatives. It appears on pages 12 and 13 of the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly (ACE) Spring/Summer 2012 newsletter.
Available in:
EnglishThis chart has referral information to sources of help for a variety of legal problems including where to get help with birth certificates, registering a complaint against various professionals, small claims court, debt problems, family law matters,...
Available in:
EnglishThis chart has referral information to sources of help for a variety of legal problems including where to get help with birth certificates, registering a complaint against various professionals, small claims court, debt problems, family law matters,...
Available in:
EnglishThis is a series of four info sheets on the human rights of women living with or vulnerable to HIV in Canada. The titles are:
- Women in Prison, HIV and Hepatitis C. Topics in this info sheet include Women in prison: a Canadian...
Available in:
English, French (français)This webinar, presented by Dianne Wintermute of ARCH Disability Law Centre, has information on standards under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and how they can be used to help clients. It focuses on Customer Service Standards...
Available in:
EnglishThis is a series of five info sheets on the criminalization of HIV non-disclosure in Canada.
1. Criminalization of HIV non-disclosure: current Canadian law
2. Prosecutions under the Criminal Code
3. Does criminalizing HIV non-...
Available in:
English, French (français)Under Canadian law, people living with HIV may be guilty of a crime for not disclosing their HIV-positive status before engaging in certain activities. This document has information about the current state of Canadian criminal law regarding HIV non-...
Available in:
English, French (français)The Ontario Human Rights Commission has information in print and in a series of short videos in American Sign Language and captions on disability and the Ontario Human Rights Code. Topics are:
- Ontario's Human Rights Code
- What is...
Available in:
English, French (français)
