| 1974 |
MLPD opens their doors
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| 1975 |
MLPD was incorporated
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| 1977 |
Actively involved in the development of the City of Winnipeg's Handi-Transit
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| 1977 |
Founded two agencies which assist people with disabilities accomplish employment goals
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| 1978 |
Successful in advocating for the inclusion of people with disabilities in the Charter of
Rights and Freedoms and the Manitoba Human Rights Code
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| 1980 |
Worked with the government of Manitoba to develop a rural transportation program
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| 1985 |
Lobbied to make public buildings accessible to people with disabilities
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| 1987 |
Involved in the establishment of the Manitoba Telephone System's Special Needs Centre,
Message Relay Service, and other policies to make telephone services more accessible
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| 1990 |
Key organization in the development of Manitoba's Self-Managed Attendant Care Program
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| 1992 |
Successful in advocating for wheelchair accessible taxis in the City of Winnipeg
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| 1996 |
Established a Fund with the dream of building a monument honoring Tracy Latimer and other
persons with disabilities murdered by caregivers
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| 1997 |
Sponsored a training program for Accessibility Consultants to train a small team of people
with disabilities to be advisors on universal design to builders and architects
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| 1997 |
Vigorously monitored developments with the regionalization of Manitoba's health care system
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| 1997 |
Successful in stopping changes to the Province's orthotic and prosthetic services which
would have seen people pay for a portion, or all, of the costs of this service
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| 1998 |
Intervened into the Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order in the Andrew Sawatsky case
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| 1999 |
Initiated a partnership project with the Manitoba Federation of Labour called the
Workers with Disabilities Project
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| 2000 |
Conducted a ground breaking research project on the standards that exist in health care
facilities and RHA's in Manitoba regarding the application of Do Not Resuscitate Orders.
A final report was developed and a workshop organized to deliver and discuss the
recommendations from the research
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| 2001 |
Actively pushed policies which enable children with disabilities to attend regular
public schools
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| 2001 |
Primary organization to lobby for the first provincial Minister for Persons with Disabilities
in Canada. Minister Tim Sale was appointed
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| 2002 |
Development of MLPD's Ethics Committee
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| 2008 |
Hired a Consultant to work with MLPD to develop an Operational Plan
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| 2009 |
Implementing our new Operational Plan
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| 2009 |
Celebrated 35 years of MLPD's work
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| 2010 |
Successful in advocating to have Bill C384 An Act to Amend the Criminal Code
(Right to Die with Dignity) defeated.
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| 2010 |
Key organization in the planning of Manitoba Access Awareness Week.
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