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"Abandoned by our governments, people with severe ME and Long COVID are supported by severely ill peers"

thesicktimes.org/2026/07/20/ab…

"Mari, a Black Canadian woman with severe myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), is supported by fellow people with ME in the absence of institutional care"

Note: The article mentions the Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) program which is available in Canada.

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Mari is one of millions of Canadians whose healthcare and home care needs are unmet. In 2022, more than 9% of all Canadians reported unmet healthcare needs, and in 2023, more than 600,000 Canadian adults (2%) reported unmet home care needs, the Canadian Income Survey found. Like Mari, many disabled people must rely on unsafe or unstable care situations due to systemic gaps in support. A 2025 literature analysis found women with disabilities face domestic violence more than nondisabled women. The authors described how disabled women experience unemployment and lack of accessible housing and services, among other barriers, creating unique vulnerabilities to domestic violence.

Abandoned by our governments, people with severe ME and Long COVID are supported by severely ill peers - The Sick Times

Mari, a Black Canadian woman with severe myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), is supported by fellow people with ME in the absence of institutional care.
Whitney Fox (The Sick Times)
#canada #healthcare #disability #longcovid #mecfs #SevereME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis @ME/CFS

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