I'd like to add something. This is from a news release from Peter Weissman and Lembi Buchanan, on May 19, in connection to the large number of Canadians with disabilities, with psychiatric illness who have been denied the DTC recently. These two individuals were formerly part of the disability advisory committee that was set up in 2004, but then it dissolved shortly after the changes were made in 2006. I quote from their news release:
“It has become virtually impossible for the majority of people living with severe psychiatric illnesses to assess the DTC without appealing to the Tax Court of Canada,” says mental health advocate, Lembi Buchanan, who has successfully represented dozens of individuals navigating the appeal process. “CRA civil servants with insufficient medical and legal training are sending rejection notices without providing valid reasons for their decisions. Canadian taxpayers should be able to access the DTC without having to pay expensive legal bills for lawyers to represent them in court or excessive contingency fees to companies to act on their behalf.”
We believe the same thing is happening with PKU, with psychiatric illness, and with many other disabilities that we're seeing with type 1 diabetes.