HRM 3450 Lecture 5: Disability as a Difference

• School: York University
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM 3450
• Professor: Ron Ophir

Document Summary

Individuals with disabilities were seen as weaker members of society, and their family and friends were expected to care for them: except the family, the church provided care for individuals with mental disabilities. In the late 18th century, quebec"s legislative assembly authorized expenditures for the care of insane persons in quebec. Inuit populations and to veterans of the armed forces. Montreal, which recognizes that treating the effects of disabilities also includes the social aspects such as education, vocational training, housing, and employment, and that professional expertise and access to a variety of services are needed. In the early 20th century, the new social movement of organized labour pushed for protection of injured workers. In 1914 the ontario workmen"s compensation act was passed, which dealt with giving injured workers lost wages, medical assistance and rehabilitation benefits. In 1957 the federal hospital insurance and diagnostic act was passed, which provided people who have disabilities with free treatment and rehabilitation for insured services.