Status of Women committee  I think the important thing to understand is that young women with disabilities want to be included like everyone else. Young women with disabilities definitely want to be included. They're not doing anything any different from other young women out there. Coming back to my inclusion message, Stella, the inclusive practice message is the one that I carry.

Status of Women committee  Actually, “we can tell and we will tell” is ours.

Status of Women committee  It's that larger discussion again, I think, because we all feel we need to do this, to come back to the idea that what we need to do is to develop a national action plan that's inclusive of all women with disabilities, that understands that each woman has an individual need, and that her supports need to be built around who she is as a person, where she lives.

Status of Women committee  No.

Status of Women committee  A little over $500,000.

Status of Women committee  Handicap International, it's the name of the organization that's recognized our work.

Status of Women committee  We're a national organization and Handicap International is an international development agency focused on people with disabilities. They have recognized our program, the one that we're currently funded for through Status of Women Canada, as one of the most promising best practices globally.

Status of Women committee  Yes, it was one of the most well-funded projects for last year from Minister Leitch. She committed that funding because she understood that what we needed to do was to go across the country to understand what those different intersections are for women with disabilities. It allowed us to do this, as I said, in the 13 provinces and territories across the country.

Status of Women committee  Yes, she's been tremendous.

Status of Women committee  One of the most critical things we need to understand is that women with disabilities are not even disclosing. I think really, Niki, that your question is important, but one of the things that DAWN Canada is doing for the 16 days to end violence against women is a campaign called “We can tell and we will tell”.

Status of Women committee  We gave our time over so Ms. Hutchison could frame the issue, but I would say that we also circulated our brief to everybody on the committee. In the brief is a very detailed outline of a project we're currently funded for under Status of Women Canada. Again, in terms of what's in here I would say that it's really important, particularly for people who aren't familiar with women's disability issues, to take the time to review the brief because you get a very strong sense and understanding of the different types of experiences, because there are many shared perspectives in here, and I think that's really key.

Status of Women committee  No, these are pilot community development projects because this is a community development approach. One of the things we know at DAWN Canada, and I think most people in the VAW sector recognize, is that change happens on the ground in communities. This is research with a purpose, where we're in 13 locations across the country now—northern, rural, urban—and we look very closely in terms of the kind of work we're doing.

Status of Women committee  Thank you.

Status of Women committee  I hope the committee will call the other woman I mentioned; she would be really important to hear from.

Status of Women committee  The only thing I've ever seen on women with disabilities, for example, would be a show that actually is a bit of a bad example of trying to feature women with disabilities. I think it's called Push Girls, a show that was playing on the Life channel last year. I don't know if anyone saw it but again it focused on specifically women in wheelchairs, and again, from a very almost Sex and The City perspective, which was really disappointing.