{"id":296327,"date":"2023-08-14T12:40:58","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T17:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=296327"},"modified":"2023-08-13T20:00:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T01:00:49","slug":"quadriplegic-canadian-mom-disability-support-euthanasia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/quadriplegic-canadian-mom-disability-support-euthanasia\/","title":{"rendered":"Quadriplegic Canadian mom can’t get needed disability support, but she can get euthanasia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A mom eligible for euthanasia due to quadriplegia has applied for it in Ontario. But while access to medical assistance in dying is easily attainable for her, she said she struggles to receive the disability supports needed in order for her to live.<\/p>\n

Rose Finlay’s story went viral on TikTok, but she is speaking out more with Canadian media to further explain her desperation. \u201cI am a 33-year-old quadriplegic single mom raising two kids with disabilities,\u201d she said on social media. \u201cEvery Ontarian that is paying taxes and paying into social programs thinking that one day should they ever need the supports they would be available to them, I\u2019m here to let you know that\u2019s not actually the case.\u201d<\/p>\n

She told the Global News<\/a> that, after suffering a spinal cord accident as a teenager, she is able to be self-sufficient, but still needs support on occasion. \u201cMy life as it is, without support as a quadriplegic is far more deadly than me even exploring the MAID process,\u201d she said. \u201cNot having support for the last year has made it so that I\u2019m getting sick more often and I think it\u2019s just better to have it as an option, have MAID as an option, should I get really, really sick.”<\/p>\n

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