This is sad, but a daily reality for many disabled. S urveys are useless, because they don't accomplish anything, but dust on shelves. They are often not accurate of the needs of reserve disabled people. W e have jurisdictional problems between all levels of governments Provincial, Federal and First Nations. They pass the buck to each other.
Bureaucratic layers are frustrating.
Accessibility to those in power is impossible. Our leaders only meet with bureaucrats because elected leaders such as Premiers, and Prime Minister are too busy travelling all over the world. The problem is that bureaucrats don't understand our problems. It pretty difficult to put yourself in a disabled persons shoes, if you have never experienced poverty and hardship as we have. D isabled people are trying to organize themselves at the community level, but are not recognized by the community.