The Accessible British Columbia Act How can an intersectionality clause inform review and responsive implementation of individualized funding?
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Accessibility, Intersectionality, Individualized funding
Abstract
Individualized Funding (IF) aims to uphold the rights of people with disabilities, providing opportunities for self-determination, choice and control, and inclusion in accessing person-centered support services. However, these promises have been problematized as inequitable when support services and policy do not consider intersectional barriers to funding. A new accessibility law in British Columbia (Canada) could present an opportunity to address intersectional barriers to IF experienced by people with disabilities in BC and beyond.
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Laura Mudde, University of British Columbia Okanagan
Laura Mudde is a postdoctoral research fellow in the School of Social Work at UBC Okanagan.
Her research program is informed by critical disability studies and social justice research. Dr. Mudde has also been a sessional instructor for the Department of Sociology and History at UBC Okanagan and a College Professor for Okanagan College.
Robin Metcalfe, University of British Columbia Okanagan
Robin Metcalfe is a PhD student at UBC Okanagan. Metcalfe is interested in the ways the Accessible British Columbia Act can help protect rights and promote inclusion.