Topic
Funding & benefits
Passport, ODSP, the Disability Tax Credit, RDSP, and paying for support.
- Developmental Services Ontario (DSO): The Front Door to Adult Services in Ontario
If you’re supporting an adult with a developmental disability in Ontario, Developmental Services Ontario — almost everyone just says DSO — is where the journey begins. It’s the single “front door”…
- Henson Trusts and Estate Planning for a Family Member on ODSP in Ontario
If you’re supporting an adult with a developmental disability in Ontario, few questions weigh heavier than “what happens to them when I’m gone?” The instinct to simply leave them money can, sadly, do…
- ODSP in Ontario: A Plain-Language Guide for Families
If you’re supporting an adult with a developmental disability in Ontario, the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) is likely the program that pays for their everyday life — the rent, the…
- Ontario’s Developmental-Services Funding Crisis: Waitlists, Money, and What It Means for Families
If you’re supporting an adult with a developmental disability in Ontario, you have probably already run into the hardest truth about this system: the supports exist on paper, but the waits are long,…
- The Disability Tax Credit (DTC) and RDSP in Ontario: A Plain-Language Guide for Families
If you’re supporting an adult with a developmental disability in Ontario, two federal programs — the Disability Tax Credit (DTC) and the Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP) — are among the most…
- The Passport Program in Ontario: A Plain-Language Guide for Families
If you’re supporting an adult with a developmental disability in Ontario, Passport is likely the single most important funding program to understand. It’s the province’s direct-funding program that…