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Quadriplegic Ontario woman considers medically assisted dying because of long ODSP wait times (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 2 years ago by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] fennec@feddit.de 9 points 2 years ago

Horrific state of affairs to let a young, quadriplegic woman, mother to three, fend for herself (at least during the unacceptably long wait while her application for disability support is being processed).