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expanded disability status scale [ EDSS | Kurtzke's expanded disability status scale | extended disability status scale | Kurtzke extended disability status scale ]

disability status scale [ DSS | Kurtzke disability scale ]

(Return tabled) Question No. 199 Ms. Kirsty Duncan: With regard to the development and operation of the Canadian Multiple Sclerosis Monitoring System (CMSMS) announced in March 2011: (a) what are the government's baseline assumptions for the CMSMS, (i) how many Canadians live with MS according to the government’s source, (ii) what is the government's source; (b) what have been the challenges in developing the system between March 2011 and today, (i) how has each challenge been overcome, (ii) what are the achievements to date, (iii) what milestones has the government planned between December 2013 and December 2015 and by what dates; (c) what is the cost of developing the system, broken down by costs to date; (d) how much money did the Can ...[+++]adian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) contribute to the development of the CMSMS, (i) were there any other partners involved in the development of the system, (ii) if so, who are they, (iii) what has each contributed; (e) who was involved in the design and development of the CMSMS, (i) from what departments/institutions were they, (ii) were potential conflicts of interest declared and, if so, how; (f) what health information does the CMSMS track, specifically, with regard to (i) chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI), (ii) impacts of CCSVI treatment, including but not limited to use of the following scales, Expanded Disability Status Scale, Modified Fatigue Impact Scale, Multiple Sclerosis Impact Scale, and Multiple Sclerosis Quality of Life Inventory, (iii) pharmaceutical treatments for MS, (vi) adverse drug reactions by MS drug; (g) who is/was overseeing pilot testing, (i) who is/was responsible for ensuring that patient information is/was protected, (ii) who is/was responsible for the integrity of the results; (h) were ethical reviews for pilot testing necessary and, if so, on what date did each pilot site pass ethical review; (i) when is pilot testing expected to/did it take place and at which MS clinics ...

Question No. 53 Ms. Kirsty Duncan: With respect to the chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) clinical trial being undertaken by Dr. Traboulse: (a) what milestones are reportable to the government, (i) on what date(s) is reporting expected to occur, (ii) how will this information be communicated to patients, the medical community, and the general public; (b) on what date did each of the trial sites pass ethical review; (c) on what date did recruitment of patients begin for each of the trial sites; (d) how many patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) are being recruited for each site, and how is consistency in diagnosis and treatment being ensured across sites; (e) who is performing the diagnoses for CCSVI for each site, (i) ho ...[+++]w is the diagnosis being performed, including, but not limited to, ultrasound and venogram, (ii) how many diagnoses has each person undertaking the diagnosis at each site performed prior to the study, and by whom was each person trained; (f) who is performing the procedures for each site, (i) how is the procedure being performed, including, but not limited to, anesthetic, balloon size, (ii) how many procedures has each person undertaking the procedure at each site performed prior to the study, and by whom was each person trained; (g) what are the selection criteria for the trial, including, but not limited to, type of MS, Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score, venous abnormality/malformed valve/stenosis, mobility, (i) how do these criteria compare with the international literature, (ii) with how many international studies to date will the selection criteria be analytically comparable; (h) if both progressive and relapsing-remitting forms of MS are to be examined in the trial, how will statistical significance be ensured given that 50 of 100 patients will undergo a “sham” procedure, 25 patients will have a progressive form of the disease, and 25 will have a relapsing-remitting form of the disease, and will people with bo ...

How about some disabled groups, amending employment insurance benefits that discriminate against parents of children with disabilities, expanding the common law definition of “marriage” for same-sex marriage, testing criminal law provisions, ameliorating systematic discrimination against African Canadians in the criminal justice system, addressing the discriminatory impact of immigration security certificates on racialized communities, supporting first nations status entitlements, voting rights for inmates.

There should be a Government of Canada policy framework and action plan on aboriginal children and youth and their families in communities, with a vision, goals, targets, and desired outcomes; a commitment by the Government of Canada to make regular public reports on agreed outcome indicators of child and community well-being, tabled in the House of Commons and routinely referred to this standing committee; evaluation of the experience to date of the first nations component of the national child benefit; an exploration of the merits of expanding the first nations component of the Canada prenatal nutrition program; a consideration of ...[+++]expanding the national children's agenda to include school-aged children, specifically school-aged children with disabilities; a consideration of expanding the early childhood development initiatives by adding a specific aboriginal component a good start was made September 11, 2000 on this; an exploration of using the 115 or so native friendship centres that exist currently across the country as delivery agencies for supports and services for aboriginal peoples, whether on or off reserve, whether status or non-status; perhaps the establishment of multi-year framework agreements between the major national aboriginal organizations and relevant federal departments on funding child and family services for a variety of programs and benefits, including those for children with disabilities; and building on the throne speech promise last year of expanding significantly the aboriginal head start initiatives, an extension of that to include children aged 7 to 12, with a priority being given to inclusive services and supports in health, child care, and education (1635) Perhaps on the wider disability policy community debate, I would just conclude by saying, have the dollars follow the children and their families'.