"I have 12 days left on my medical assistance in dying application here in the province in Ontario. I'm a quadriplegic single mom raising 2
In a video that has gone viral on TikTok, an Ontario quadriplegic mother of three says she has just days left before she can access medical assistance in dying (MAID) yet she is unable to access disability support. “I have 12 days left on my medical assistance in dying application here in the province in Ontario. I’m a quadriplegic single mom raising 2 kids with disabilities,” said Rose Finlay in the video. In interview with Global News, Finlay updated the count, noting she is now down to ‘eight days from today.’ “My life as it is, without support as a quadriplegic is far more deadly than me even exploring the MAID process,” she said. Finlay suffered a severe spinal cord injury in her teens and has used a wheelchair ever since. She has always been self-sufficient, she said, but finds herself now needing help and falling ill while waiting to access it. [...]
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