Type 1 diabetes and other chronic conditions are very difficult to deal with and this whole program was set up to support people. As a gateway, we're trying to recommend clearing the hurdles, making it as easy as possible for people to apply and be accepted, on the assumption that everything is legitimate; we understand that.
The risk of having something taken away like the RDSP, we find astonishing. When you turn 18, your family's condition doesn't change, so we would like some of them to be permanently fixed and acknowledged. I think one of the great challenges is that people have to apply over and over again. They have to go to their doctor. The doctors don't get reimbursed, so getting these credits for the first time is a hurdle and then having to go through it over and over again is difficult.
To your point about a gateway, if you can't get through the door, you're stuck. Diabetes can cost up to $15,000 a year to manage. The $1,500 for the DTC is important but it bothers people when their chronic disease is not acknowledged.