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I often feel assisted suicide is a preferable alternative to the slow death by deprivation while subsisting on PWD (which is not death by natural causes). I’ve written letters, and visited the MLA to no avail, I was told “more people need to come forward for it to make any difference”. The sicker one becomesContinue reading “Anonymous”

Please share what you would like people to know about your experience accessing or relying on the Disability Assistance Benefit. I seriously considered medically assisted death or suicide as an alternative to dying a slow death from being on PWD and not having my basic needs met. I would live a good quality life (despiteContinue reading “Anonymous”

Please share what you would like people to know about your experience accessing or relying on the Disability Assistance Benefit.  I can’t put into words the degree of stress I experience daily living on so little. I never know how I’m going to be ok – I’m not. I want to have hope but IContinue reading “S”

Please share what you would like people to know about your experience accessing or relying on the Disability Assistance Benefit. 25 years from hell on disability What do you dream support for people with disabilities could look like? $1,800 month. Shelter rate should match ‘affordable’ rate Which is $1,400

Please share what you would like people to know about your experience accessing or relying on the Disability Assistance Benefit. Thanks to a large sum of money in the bank, I was able to remain safely housed for a while because this money supplemented the difference between the pathetically low disability assistance amount and whatContinue reading “Anonymous”

Navigate to a specific interview by clicking on a name. AJ, Amber Dawn, Bridgette, Chloe, Chris, Daniel, George, Jenn, Jennifer, Kelly, Kristin, Lindsay, Matthew, Michael, Natasha, Nora, Sheldon, Theresa Maria, Vanessa, Vicki Some participants have shared their stories for a web only portion of this project, many choosing to remain anonymous.

Please share about yourself, your experience with the Disability Assistance Benefit, and anything else you would like people to know. I live in Vancouver. I am neurodivergent. I had an adverse reaction to an antibiotic in 2012 that has disabled me. I have a chronic illness that has affected my nervous system, given me PeripheralContinue reading “Kristin”

*not her real name Please share about yourself, your experience with the Disability Assistance Benefit, and anything else you would like people to know. I’m located in Port Alberni, BC. I am 21 & have a mental illness, where I have to take a monthly shot to help my thoughts run better through my mind.Continue reading “Nora *”

Please share what you would like people to know about your experience accessing or relying on the Disability Assistance Benefit.  Today is “pay day”. Yippee! Ya right. I’m 53 and single and I live alone. I have an undiagnosed issue with my legs. Plus I’ve had 6 major surgeries leaving me with severe side effects.Continue reading “Barbara”

Please share about yourself, your experience with the Disability Assistance Benefit, and anything else you would like people to know. I live in Victoria, colonially known as Victoria, on what is the unceded and stolen land of Lekwungen speaking people, and I grew up in Esquimalt, which is the land of the Songhees speaking people.Continue reading “Chloe”