Disability

Case	Description	Year	Facta
Auton et al v. British Columbia	The Auton v. British Columbia case involves a challenge to the B.C. Government's refusal to fund therapeutic health services for children with autism...	2004
Irshad v. Ontario (Ministry of Health)	This case was a constitutional challenge to Ontario legislation, which excludes most new immigrants from OHIP coverage for a period of three months or longer...	2001
Eldridge v. Attorney General	When Robin Eldridge, a deaf BC woman, went to hospital, she sought sign language interpretation from her local health insurance plan so she could understand the medical treatment being offered her. It was denied however, because BC's Medical Protection Act and the Hospital Insurance Act do not cover interpretation services for deaf people...	1997
Godwin	In British Columbia, working women are routinely denied disability benefits during pregnancy or maternity leave. LEAF took one of the first BC challenges to stop this lingering form of sex discrimination in employment...	1992	none
Colgate Palmolive	A woman who suffered psychological disability as a result of racist sexual harassment in the workplace won the rights to worker's compensation...	1991	none