Income Security: A Roadmap for Change
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• There is an increased cost associated with having a disability regardless of an<br />
individual’s employment status 33 <br />
• Autism Ontario estimates one in 94 children have an autism spectrum<br />
disorder in Canada and this is expected to increase over time This is just one<br />
example of the increasing prevalence and diagnosis of lifelong disabilities<br />
• Almost one in two Ontarians who have a developmental disability also have a<br />
mental illness 34 <br />
• In any given week, at least 500,000 employed Canadians are unable to work<br />
due to mental health problems This includes approximately 355,000 disability<br />
cases due to mental and/or behavioural disorders and 175,000 full-time<br />
workers absent from work due to mental illness 35 <br />
• Approximately 30% of people in Ontario will experience a mental health<br />
and/or substance abuse challenge at some point in their lifetime 36 <br />
33 The research conducted <strong>for</strong> MCSS by Social Research and Demonstration<br />
Corporation (SRDC) has determined that none of the currently available Canadian<br />
or Ontario data are suffcient to develop reliable estimates of these costs. Shek-Wai<br />
Hui and Ford determined that studies conducted in the United Kingdom (UK) using<br />
UK datasets and a standard of living methodology are promising <strong>for</strong> determining<br />
the cost of living as a result of being a person with a disability in Ontario should the<br />
data be available<br />
34 Based on 2013 research from the Institute <strong>for</strong> Clinical Evaluative Sciences;<br />
please see: https://wwwporticonetworkca/documents/38160/651012/<br />
Mental+Illness+%26+Addictions+Snapshot_FINALv5.pdf/<br />
35 Institute of Health Economics (2007) Mental health economics statistics in your<br />
pocket Edmonton: IHE Number of absent workers calculated using Statistics<br />
Canada work absence rates, retrieved from http://wwwstatcangcca/pub/71-211<br />
x/71-211-x2011000-engpdf<br />
36 2012 Canadian Community Health Survey – Mental Health<br />
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