Health-care resourcing is failing Canada’s most vulnerable children

The pandemic exposed the fragility of Canada’s health-care system and removed access to necessary supports for thousands of Canadian families.

In the absence of vital health-care supports and programming, children are regressing from the developmental progress that in some cases had taken years to achieve, writes Nicola Lewis. Unsplash photograph by Vitolda Klein

Opinion

BY NICOLA LEWIS

March 8, 2023

For the 850,000 Canadian families struggling to ensure the best possible outcomes for their children living with neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDDs), the recent crisis in children’s hospitals across the country came as no surprise. Children with NDDs are deeply and disp...

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