Transition from AISH to ADAP could leave thousands ‘falling between the cracks’

A Lethbridge woman is worried that she and others with disabilities will fall through the cracks as the Province shifts some clients from AISH to ADAP.

AISH, or Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped, provides financial and health benefits to those with permanent medical disabilities.

However, ADAP, or the Alberta Disability Assistance Program, takes into account a severely handicapped person’s ability to work.

With long lines to see specialists in Alberta, Joyanne Serenity is appealing to the provincial government to slow down the transition…