Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth Sherry Gott penned an article calling for changes to Manitoba’s disability services to better meet the needs of Indigenous families and youth. Gott argues that issues with intakes, assessments, and treatments result in misunderstanding, misdiagnosis, and inappropriate service responses. She also asserts that families from remote and northern communities find themselves needing to choose between staying in their home community without access to necessary disability supports or relocating to an urban centre without their community supports. “Manitoba must move from fragmented, reactive disability supports toward a co-ordinated, Indigenous-informed framework that ensures young people with disabilities receive timely, equitable, culturally-appropriate, and sustainable care,” states Gott.
