The Government of Saskatchewan has agreed to provide funding to ensure that 18-year-old Preston Ruzicka can live in an assisted living home while attending Saskatchewan Polytechnic in Moose Jaw this fall. Ruzicka, who has Duchenne muscular dystrophy and uses a wheelchair, requires assistance with tasks such as showering or cooking. CBC reports that the provincial government previously refused to cover the cost of the assisted living home in Moose Jaw that Ruzicka selected, offering him a place in Regina instead. “The [Ministry of Health] has decided to go ahead with the alternative specific client funding for Preston so that he can attend school,” said Preston’s mother, Geraldine Ruzicka. “We’re very excited and it’s been a long fight to get here.”
