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Everyone engaged in the conversation about homelessness and systemic ableism in #HamOnt, please read this!
Attaila was a disabled man who was failed by CAS, our shelter/lodging system, mental health system, & police.
Thank you @TeviahMoro for writing it.
#onpoli #HousingForAll https://twitter.com/TheSpec/status/1352707695514689540
Attaila was a disabled man who was failed by CAS, our shelter/lodging system, mental health system, & police.
Thank you @TeviahMoro for writing it.
#onpoli #HousingForAll https://twitter.com/TheSpec/status/1352707695514689540
“It was very, very hard. That was probably the worst image I’ve ever seen in my life,” says Richard.
Victims of abuse in foster care as young boys, Richard and Attila slept back to back to guard against lurking danger. #HamOnt
Victims of abuse in foster care as young boys, Richard and Attila slept back to back to guard against lurking danger. #HamOnt
"And when Attila slipped deeply into mental illness, Richard, his primary caregiver, struggled to find him decent affordable housing and support services."
"Attila’s fragile foundation collapsed after he lost his room at a Hamilton lodging home in a dispute with its operators on March 11, just as the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic set in" #HamOnt
This part is interesting. Do you know that according to stats Canada people with mental health conditions are 2x as likely to experience violence or hate crimes in Canada? Also disruption is a symptom of unmet needs re: disability.
"Unmoored, Attila wandered the streets, stopped taking his medication, took hard drugs and drifted from his family’s orbit before he was found dead."
"Worried about Attila’s mental state, Richard asked police to apprehend him under the Mental Health Act to put him in hospital care for 72 hours.
But they declined, not considering him an imminent risk to himself or others since he had company in Steven, he recalls."
But they declined, not considering him an imminent risk to himself or others since he had company in Steven, he recalls."
