Ms. Jodi Cohen at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

On November 9th, 2006. See this statement in context.

November 9th, 2006 / 9:30 a.m.

President and Chair, Alberta Division, Canadian Mental Health Association

I'd like to make a comment about the disability act in relation to people with mental illness. There are challenges in terms of mental illness being an episodic issue. People may have periods of health and then periods of illness. It's not a permanent, ongoing disability, and I think one of the challenges is trying to address that and make provisions for the periods of being disabled.

So the fact that it isn't necessarily a permanent disability is one of the challenges.

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