Action Urgently Needed – Contact Your MLA about FSCD and PDD

Inclusion Alberta expressed concerns that it has been three years since the Alberta government released data related to the Family Support for Children with Disabilities (FSCD) or Persons with Developmental Disabilities (PDD) programs, such as how many eligible children and adults have requested but are waiting for supports. With this absence of government data and in response to the growing number of individuals and families contacting us who are unable to secure the supports they require, Inclusion Alberta launched a survey in the fall of 2024 to hear their experiences.

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Read Inclusion Alberta full media releases about the survey results here. 

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Inclusion Alberta encourages you to call your MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly, a person whohas been elected to represent the people in your area within the Alberta government) and ask for an in person meeting where you can share your family’s experience and expectation that FSCD/PDD provide the supports necessary for those the funding programs are intended for. If families, with their allies, were to meet with every MLA in the province, this would have a substantive impact. It will send the message that there is a significant number of Albertans (at least 40,000 families and then add all their connections) for whom government’s support of children and adults with intellectual disabilities is a top priority. The more of us who share a common perspective, the more likely the MLAs, and their parties will be clear on what needs to be done.

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