Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 21, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Pm i i in m 2001 local a9 open for business not to the disabled entrepreneurs with special needs face barriers activists Call for Gay representative on govt panel by Leah Hendry Lionel armed with a Busi Ness diploma from red went on a quest for a career in two years and 400 resumes he was still March who is visually said the employers he approached were Likely put off by his unusually thick then his wife saw an and for a self employment program and he decided to Start his own March is a although 14 per cent of canadians Are self Only four per cent of people with Dis abilities become entre pre its not because of peo Ples abilities but systemic barriers that keep them from getting the support they said Moira president of Manitoba network of entrepreneurs with Dis the main problem is Many employment agencies Arent equipped to help disabled the agencies dont usually have research material in alternative formats such As training for people who need to learn from Home or who live in Rural areas is also an frontline staff need to be trained and sensitized to barriers disabled people face that Doest mean special con just the same level of accessibility any other Canadian would Horga Jones Ned works with employment Agen cies to help them make offices wheel March does it his Way chair provide sign language services and make loan repayment plans More a lot of government pro Grams require the applicant to provide capital up there Are million disabled people in Canada and that number will grow As the population close to half of disabled people earn less than a according to they have few employable limited Sav Ings and no which makes it difficult to get a although the Federal government has loaned Winnipeg through the Western eco nomic diversification pro the funding has not been renewed beyond next according to Henry the executive director of the Canadian Centre on disability there is still a perception that people with disabilities should not be in and governments have linked disabilities to if disabled people their benefits Are they have to make a lot of Money to break Enns by the provincial government will retain disability supports As Long As needed so people Are not penalized once they enter or return to the labour Many government pro Grams Are time for most it takes three to five years to make a business prof the Manitoba government allows 44 weeks of income 3 several people have stepped Forward to complain that there should be a Gay representative on a two person panel looking into discrimination in Manitoba in disappointed that in the makeup of the committee they didst choose somebody who represents our comm Donna services coordinator for the Rainbow resource Centre said attorney general Gord Mackintosh said the two people family lawyer Jennifer Cooper and retired associate chief Justice Alfred were ii s l i i a d f in i a services Irolia Loose lower denture problems implant 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