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Don’t build a system around school exclusion
Post last updated October 29, 2026
BC’s proposed Child and Youth Well-Being Action Plan promises earlier help, better coordination, family-centred services, and less pressure on families navigating fragmented systems. These are important goals. Families need services that communicate with each other and provide practical help before a crisis. But greater coordination will accomplish little if disabled children continue to be excluded…
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Who gets left off the bus?
Post last updated October 29, 2026
Across British Columbia, disabled children and complex learners are being left out through budget decisions. A bus route fills up. A counsellor’s door closes. A music room goes quiet. A specialist position stays vacant. A school day gets shorter. Each decision appears local, temporary, or administrative. For children and families, the result is much clearer:…
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The budget that cries wolf: SD61’s deficit cycle
Post last updated October 29, 2026
Every spring in British Columbia, school districts present budgets that force communities to choose between necessary programming such as: music or speech therapy, career education or school counselling, enrichment for all students or baseline access for disabled ones. No one should have to make these choices. It is like asking people to choose between clean…
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A New Era of Accountability for BC School Accessibility
Post last updated October 16, 2026
We are excited to announce the launch of our permanent page dedicated to British Columbia School District Accessibility Plans.
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BCEdAccess Letter to Premier David Eby on Ministerial Mandate Letters
Post last updated October 16, 2026
An excellent step towards an accessible and equitable British Columbia would be to actually use the word disability in the mandate letter for the Ministry of Education and Child Care, and other ministries supporting children, youth and adults with disabilities.
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BCEdAccess Executive Director Appointed to Technical Committee for Accessible Services Delivery Standard in BC
Post last updated October 16, 2026
We’re pleased to share that our Executive Director, Tracy Humphreys, has been offered a position on offered a position on the Technical Committee for Accessible Service Delivery for the Accessible BC Act. See the announcement of the committees here: https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2022SDPR0068-001813 And learn about the members of the main and technical committees here: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/about-the-bc-government/accessibility/committees/provincial-accessibility-committee
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Letter to Vancouver School Board Regarding the School Liaison Officer Program
Post last updated October 16, 2026
November 17, 2022 To whom it may concern: The BCEdAccess Society is an organization of families of children and youth with disabilities and complex learners from all over the province of British Columbia. We champion and support these children and youth to reach their full potential in BC education, and in all aspects of their…
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