By Anna Guy
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It’s hard to imagine: putting a price
on a child’s mobility or comfort.
Thankfully, through the help from
donors, Easter Seals Ontario helps
families from cost getting in the
way of something so invaluable.
T
he reality is living with a disability is
expensive. For a family, it can cost
more than $40,000 a year to care
for a child with a disability, and the cost
can be prohibitive if not for the financial
assistance from Easter Seals Ontario. In
tangible terms, this means assisting with
the purchase of mobility aids from electric
wheelchairs and walkers to ramps in the
homes and vehicles. Items like bath and
toileting aids, communication and writing
aids, and orthotics are also costly—yet vi-
tal—for families. Easter Seals Ontario of-
fers funding for those items and more.
95 YEARS SUPPORTING
CHILDREN
This year, the Canadian registered charita-
ble organization is celebrating its 95th year
supporting children with physical disabili-
ties. With help from both corporate and
individual donors as well as foundations,
Easter Seals Ontario has helped thousands
of kids not be limited, and experience a
childhood full of adventures and freedom.
For their families, Easter Seals offers sup-
port for equipment, summer camp as well
as post-secondary scholarships so they
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MAY 2017
