Transforming support for people with disabilities

Everyone should have the freedom to create the life they want to live, in a community where they are welcomed, supported and valued.

The Nova Scotia Human Rights Remedy is a five-year, legally binding agreement that guides government’s work to transform the disability support system in Nova Scotia. It is called “the Remedy” because it is what government must do to remedy the discrimination against people with disabilities in Nova Scotia.

A technical report prepared by leading experts in the field of disability support recommended six key directions in order to transform the system and remedy the discrimination:  

  1. Working with individuals to create support plans that meet their unique needs
  2. Closing all large institutions and supporting people with disabilities to live in their community of choice
  3. Supporting service providers to create and deliver community-based supports that meet the needs of people with disabilities in communities across the province
  4. Working with healthcare and disability support professionals to ensure people with disabilities can access the care they need close to home
  5. Providing disability support funding to individuals and supporting them to make their own decisions about how that funding is used
  6. Thinking and working differently across the system to better support people with disabilities  

The transformation must be complete by 2028.

For more information on the history of the Remedy, visit the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission’s website.

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Monitoring and Reporting

The Province reports on progress twice per year as part of the Remedy -- an interim report in January and an annual report in May.
 

See our Progress

We are transforming the disability support system in Nova Scotia.